Recent increases in mortality have brought life expectancy back to the forefront of the public health debate in the US … restricted to very particular causes of death, but is mostly driven by adult and old age mortality. We calculate that welfare …

We measure inequities from the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and hospitalizations in the United States during the … excess mortality relative to trend, compared to a less than 15 percent increase for Whites; we find losses in potential years …

This paper examines 313 U.S. areas for differences in medical care utilization and mortality of whites ages 65-84 in …. Utilization, especially inpatient care, is strongly positively related to mortality. Mortality is positively related to cigarette … populations greater than 500,000. Mortality does not vary with population size, with or without controls. Florida is an outlier …

Life expectancy in the United States fares poorly in international comparisons, primarily because of high mortality … blood pressure or cholesterol. We consider in greater depth mortality from prostate cancer and breast cancer, diseases for … dominant role. We show that the US has had significantly faster declines in mortality from these two diseases than comparison …