Urban Rural Differences in Excess Mortality Among High Poverty Populations (Coverage Research Initiative)

Investigators:   Arline T. Geronimus, John Bound

This study will investigate the differences in life-expectancy of African-Americans in a poor rural area in North Carolina with that of African-Americans in a poor urban area in Harlem, New York. African-Americans living in poor rural areas tend to have better life-expectancy than African-Americans living in inner-city urban areas. Conventional wisdom has hinted that this might be linked to health care resources that are more available in rural settings than in the inner-city. A missing part of the scenario, however, is that rural African-Americans have higher employment rates and therefore may have more health insurance than their inner-city counterparts. This study will look at the interplay between employment, health insurance, and mortality differences among poor urban and rural populations.









PSC Research Themes:

Health Conditions, Disability (Health, Disability, and Mortality)
Contextual Effects (Group Disparities)
Health Disparities by Race, Gender, Context, SES (Health, Disability, and Mortality)


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