Titre : | Persistent Clusters of Mortality in the United States. (2007) |
Auteurs : | Jeralynn SITTIG COSSMAN ; Troy-C Blanchard ; Carol-R CAMPBELL ; Arthur-G COSBY ; Ronald-E COSSMAN ; Wesley-L JAMES ; Social Science Research Center. Mississippi State University. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 97, n° 12, 2007) |
Pagination : | 2148-2150 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 72R0x3q5. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We explored how place shapes mortality by examining 35 consecutive years of US mortality data. Mapping age-adjusted county mortality rates showed both persistent temporal and spatial clustering of high and low mortality rates. Counties with high mortality rates and counties with low mortality rates both experienced younger population out-migration, had economic decline, and were predominantly rural. These mortality patterns have important implications for proper research model specification and for health resource allocation policies. |