Piloting Census Tract Level Life Expectancy Estimates to Identify and Address Health DisparitiesV. Boothe
The analysis identified significant disparities in life expectancy at the census-tract level within counties and states. For instance, at the county level, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has a life expectancy of 77.4 years. But the researchers found that the county contained a census tract with a...
Census tract-level association between racial composition and life expectancy among 492 large cities in the United Statesdoi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.08.022B. SpoerL. ThorpeM. GourevitchS. LevineJ. FeldmanAnnals of Epidemiology
Variation in life expectancy and mortality by cause among neighbourhoods in King County, WA, USA, 1990-2014: a census tract-level analysis for the global burden of disease study 2015. Lancet Public Health. 2017;2:e400-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468- 2667(17)30165-2....
Our objective was to analyze the association of a patient's residence, based on US Census Bureau data, with survival, tumor characteristics, health insurance status, race, gender, and distance to the treating medical center. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study of patients at a single ...