NNN1Elo, FFF1Irma; NNN2Drevenstedt, FFF2Greg L. - In: Demographic Research Special Collections 2 (2004) 10, pp. 255-276
Between 1960 and 1995 the black-white difference in male life expectancy in the United States increased from 6.7 years to 8.2 years. To provide insights into why mortality trends have been more adverse for black men than for white men, we investigate which causes of death were principally...