Authors: Schwandt, Hannes; Currie, Janet; Bär, Marlies; Banks, James; Bertoli, Paola; Bütikofer, Aline; Cattan, Sarah; Chao, Beatrice Zong-Ying; Costa, Claudia; González, Libertad; Grembi, Veronica; Huttunen, Kristiina; Karadakic, René; Kraftman, Lucy; Krutikova, Sonya; Lombardi, Stefano; Redler, Peter; Riumallo-Herl, Carlos; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Salvanes, Kjell; Santana, Paula; Thuilliez, Josselin; van Doorslaer, Eddy; van Ourti, Tom; Winter, Joachim; Wouterse, Bram; Wuppermann, Amelie
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Type: Publication
Abstract: Significance From 1990 to 2018, the Black–White American life expectancy gap fell 48.9% and mortality inequality decreased, although progress stalled after 2012 as life expectancy plateaued. Had improvements continued at the 1990 to 2012 rate, the racial gap in life expectancy would have closed by 2036. Despite decreasing mortality inequality, income-based life expectancy gaps remain starker in the United States than in European countries. At the same time, European mortality improved strongly and even those U.S. populations with the longest ...
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Topics: 
Demography
Gerontology
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