Persistent clusters of mortality in the United States
Abstract
We explored how place shapes mortality by examining 35 consecutive years of US mortality data. Mapping age-adjusted county mortality rates showed both persistent temporal and spatial clustering of high and low mortality rates. Counties with high mortality rates and counties with low mortality rates both experienced younger population outmigration, had economic decline, and were predominantly rural. These mortality patterns have important implications for proper research model specification and for health resource allocation policies.
Publication Title
American Journal of Public Health
Recommended Citation
Cossman, J., Cossman, R., James, W., Campbell, C., Blanchard, T., & Cosby, A. (2007). Persistent clusters of mortality in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 97 (12), 2148-2150. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2006.093112
