Metropolitan governance, residential segregation, and mortality among African Americans
Hart, K.D.; Kunitz, S.J.; Sell, R.R.; Mukamel, D.B.
American Journal of Public Health 88(3): 434-438
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-0036 PMID: 9518976 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.88.3.434Document Number: 422756
The relationship between metropolitanization and mortality among African Americans in the United States is analyzed using data from 114 standard metropolitan statistical areas for 1991-1992 taken from the NCHS Mortality Detail Files and the census. The results confirm the finding that segregation is positively associated with mortality among adult African Americans. The results also indicate that less metropolitanization is associated with more segregation.