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Titre :	Black-White differences in infectious disease Mortality in the United States. (2001)
Auteurs :	Jan-H RICHARDUS ; Anton-E KUNST ; Department of Public Health. Erasmus University Rotterdam. Rotterdam. NLD
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 91, n° 8, 2001)
Pagination :	1251-1253
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Infection ; Mortalité ; Etude comparée ; Race ; Epidémiologie ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Homme ; Amérique du Nord
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS SR0xSBuF. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study determined the degree to which Black-White differences in infectious disease mortality are explained by income and education and the extent to which infectious diseases contribute to Black-White differences in all-cause mortality. Methods. A sample population of the National Longitudinal Mortality Study from 1979 through 1981 was analyzed and followed up through 1989. Results. Infectious disease mortality among Blacks was higher than amongWhites, with a relative risk of 1.53 after adjustment for age and sex and 1.34 after further adjustment for income and education. Death from infectious diseases contributed to 9.3% of the difference in all-cause mortality. Conclusions. In the United States, infectious diseases account for nearly 10% of the excess all-cause mortality rates in Blacks compared with Whites.

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