Cycling is popular among children, but results in thousands of injuries annually. In recent years, many states and … among children. However, laws also are associated with decreases in non-head cycling injuries, as well as increases in head …

This paper estimates the effect of alcohol consumption on mortality using the minimum drinking age in a regression … alcohol consumption results in a discrete 9 percent increase in the mortality rate at age 21. The overall increase in deaths … total mortality. Given that mortality due to external causes peaks at about age 21 and that young adults report very high …

comparison with Europe suggests that mortality rates of both Black and White Americans could fall much further across all ages …-2018, mainly due to mortality declines among Black Americans. We examine age-specific mortality trends and racial gaps in life …Inequalities in life expectancy are starker in the U.S. than in Europe. In 1990 White Americans and Europeans in rich …

response and mortality outcomes should be better than in 1918-20. We ask whether mortality from historical pandemics has any … predictive content for mortality in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. We find a strong persistence in public health performance in … the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Places that performed poorly in terms of mortality in 1918 were more likely to …

associated with reduced urban sprawl and gas prices. Cycling is a form of exercise that can also be used as a mode of … sprawl and in real gasoline prices on cycling as a form of physical activity. Using bivariate probit and propensity score … methods, I show how cycling can lead to improved physical health outcomes. This is turn may carry policy implications in terms …

-in-differences models and restricted area-identified public health survey data with information on cycling and helmet use for nearly 800 … younger adults, and less-educated adults. All-age helmet laws had modest effects at reducing cycling and increasing in …