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Title: Life and Death in the American City: Life Expectancy in 25 U.S. Cities Over 25 Years

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: The past several decades have witnessed growing disparities in life expectancy within the US, yet the mortality experience of US cities has received little attention. We examine changes in life expectancy at birth for the 25 largest US cities since 1990, using a combination of public-use and restricted-use mortality data. We reveal remarkable increases in life expectancy for several US cities. Men’s life expectancy increased by 13.7 years in Washington, DC and San Francisco and by 11.8 years in New York between 1990 and 2015, during which overall US life expectancy increased by just 4.8 years. A significant fraction of excess gains in the top performing cities is explained by extraordinary reductions in HIV/AIDS and homicide during the 1990s and 2000s. However, selective in-migration and out-migration also contributed to these trends. This reflects concerns that not all population subgroups have shared in improving urban conditions in the United States.

Url: https://paa.confex.com/paa/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/19197

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Authors: Fenelon, Andrew; Boudreaux, Michel

Conference Name: PAA 2018 Annual Meeting

Publisher Location: heraton Denver Downtown - Governor's Square 11

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Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Health, Other

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