at age 40 to 50. However, we show that among infants, children, and young adults, mortality has been falling more quickly … in poorer areas with the result that inequality in mortality has fallen substantially over time. This is an important … that today's children are likely to face considerably less inequality in mortality as they age than current adults. We also …

measure of mortality more sensitive to disparities and more reliably calculated for small populations, to describe the … environmental variables, selected for previously suspected impact on mortality; R2 ranges from 0.86 for white males to 0.72 for …

, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina from 1802 to 1970, we find a robust within-race mortality difference for African American … African American males. The result is robust to controlling for the age pattern of mortality over time and environmental … factors which could drive the mortality relationship. The result is not consistently present for infant and child mortality …

-2018, mainly due to mortality declines among Black Americans. We examine age-specific mortality trends and racial gaps in life … greatest impact on the racial life expectancy gap. The causes that contributed the most to Black mortality reductions included … by 2036. European life expectancy also stalled after 2014. Still, the comparison with Europe suggests that mortality …

, leisure, mortality, and inequality, first for a narrow set of countries using detailed micro data, and then more broadly using … behind. Each component we introduce plays a significant role in accounting for these differences, with mortality being most …

mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between 1940 and 1967. The data include detailed information on both …

water purification efforts and the black-white infant mortality gap. Our results suggest that, while water filtration was … effective across the board, adding chlorine to the water supply reduced mortality only among black infants. Specifically …, chlorination is associated with an 11 percent reduction in black infant mortality and a 13 percent reduction in the black …