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Jeralynn Sittig Cossman1, Ronald E Cossman, Wesley L James, Carol R Campbell, Troy C Blanchard, Arthur G Cosby.
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 out-migration, had economic decline, and were predominantly rural. These mortality patterns have important implications for proper research model specification and for health resource allocation policies.Mesh:
Year: 2007 PMID: 17538052 PMCID: PMC2089111 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.093112
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308