ArticleEpidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)2022
Heterogeneity in Disparities in Life Expectancy Across US Metropolitan Areas.
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Abstract
backgroundLife expectancy in the United States has declined since 2014 but characterization of disparities within and across metropolitan areas of the country is lacking.
methodsUsing census tract-level life expectancy from the 2010 to 2015 US Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project, we calculate 10 measures of total and income-based disparities in life expectancy at birth, age 25, and age 65 within and across 377 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) of the United States.
resultsWe found wide heterogeneity in disparities in life expectancy at birth across MSAs and regions: MSAs in the West show the narrowest disparities (absolute disparity: 8.7 years, relative disparity: 1.1), while MSAs in the South (absolute disparity: 9.1 years, relative disparity: 1.1) and Midwest (absolute disparity: 9.8 years, relative disparity: 1.1) have the widest life expectancy disparities. We also observed greater variability in life expectancy across MSAs for lower income census tracts (coefficient of variation [CoV] 3.7 for first vs. tenth decile of income) than for higher income census tracts (CoV 2.3). Finally, we found that a series of MSA-level variables, including larger MSAs and greater proportion college graduates, predicted wider life expectancy disparities for all age groups.
conclusionsSociodemographic and policy factors likely help explain variation in life expectancy disparities within and across metro areas.
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