Ahmedin Jemal|Elizabeth M. Ward|Robert N. Anderson|Taylor Murray|Michael J. Thun
Widening of Socioeconomic Inequalities in U.S. Death Rates, 1993–2001
American Cancer Society|American Cancer Society|National Center for Health Statistics|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|American Cancer Society|American Cancer Society
socioeconomic inequalities death rates causes combined widened 1960 1990 us largely cardiovascular death rates decreased slowly lower higher socioeconomic groups however studies examined trends inequalities using recent us national datawe calculated annual agestandardized death rates 19932001 2564 year old nonhispanic whites blacks level education causes seven common causes death using death certificate information 43 states washington dc regression analysis used estimate annual percent change inequalities cause death rates americans less high school education college graduates increased rapidly 1993 2001 due significant decreases mortality causes heart disease cancer stroke conditions educated lack change increases among least educated white women cause death rate increased significantly 32 percent per year least educated 07 percent per year high school graduates rate ratio rr comparing least versus educated increased 29 95 ci 2831 1993 44 4146 2001 among white men 21 1825 34 2939 black men 26 2427 38 3640 white womensocioeconomic inequalities mortality increasing rapidly due continued progress educated white black men white women stable worsening trends among least educated