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  • Geospatial health analysis
  • Public health policy
  • Demographic methods

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  • Place significantly influences health outcomes.
  • Estimating health outcomes for small geographies (e.g., census tracts) and aggregating them to political boundaries (e.g., congressional districts) are novel research areas.
  • Previous methods for aggregating census tract life expectancy to congressional districts lacked validation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate geospatial aggregation methods for estimating life expectancy in Pennsylvania congressional districts.
  • To compare life expectancy estimates derived from two distinct data sources and methodologies.

Main Methods:

  • Compared US Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (US LEEP) data with Vital Statistics data for Pennsylvania congressional districts (2010-2015).
  • Employed dasymetric methods to compute population-weighted life expectancy aggregated to congressional districts using US LEEP data.
  • Calculated life expectancy using abridged life tables with georeferenced Vital Statistics data aggregated to congressional districts; validated using correlation and Bland-Altman plots.

Main Results:

  • Strong agreement was observed between life expectancy at birth estimates derived from the dasymetric US LEEP approach and direct Vital Statistics estimates.
  • Life expectancy estimates for individuals aged 75 and older showed weaker correlations between the two methods.
  • The validation confirms the reliability of dasymetric aggregation for congressional district-level life expectancy.

Conclusions:

  • Geospatial aggregation methods, particularly dasymetric approaches, are validated for novel geographies like congressional districts.
  • Aggregated health outcome data at the congressional district level can inform policy.
  • This research supports evidence-based policymaking to enhance population health.