title: Region of birth and mortality of blacks in the United States.
abstract: Analysis of black American death rates by region of birth and region of residence showed that southern-born blacks had the highest mortality rates and western-born blacks the lowest mortality rates. Blacks born in the northeast, midwest, and outside the US had rates intermediate between southern and western-born black rates. Blacks born in one region and who died in another had age-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates similar to their region of birth rather than their region of residence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Studies and Community Health, Rutgers University, Brunswick, NJ 08903.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology