Divergent Trends in Life Expectancy Across the Rural-Urban Gradient and Association with Specific Racial Proportions in the Contiguous United States 2000-2005

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Study estimating life expectancy at age 25 by rural and urban residence, race, and sex using county-level data from 2000 - 2005. Discusses geographic determinants of disparities in life expectancy in the contiguous U.S., comparing rurality and the proportion of specific race populations to life expectancy. Features color-coded maps of the contiguous U.S. that represents life expectancy at age 25 for White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian males and females.

Yun Jian, Lucas Neas, Lynne C. Messer, et al.

International Journal of Public Health, 64(9), 1367-1374

12/2019

Mortality · Population health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data