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S A Jackson1, R T Anderson, N J Johnson
1Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA. sjackson@rc.phs.wfubmc.edu
Objectives:
This study investigated the influence of an aggregate measure of the social environment on racial differences in all-cause mortality.
Methods:
Data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study were analyzed.
Results:
After adjustment for family income, age-adjusted mortality risk increased with increasing minority residential segregation among Blacks aged 25 to 44 years and non-Blacks aged 45 to 64 years. In most age/race/gender groups, the highest and lowest mortality risks occurred in the highest and lowest categories of residential segregation, respectively.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that minority residential segregation may influence mortality risk and underscore the traditional emphasis on the social underpinnings of disease and death.
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