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DEMOGRAPHY
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 227-251Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2001.0015
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- NICHD NIH HHS [2 T32 HD07339-12] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [U83/CCU51249] Funding Source: Medline
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We calculated population-level estimates of mortality, functional health, and active life expectancy for black and white adults living in a diverse set of 23 local areas in 1990, and nationwide. At age 16, life expectancy and active life expectancy vary across the local populations by as much as 28 and 25 years respectively. The relationship between population infirmity and longevity also varies. Rural residents outlive urban residents, but their additional years are primarily inactive. Among urban residents, those in more affluent areas outlive those in high-poverty areas. For both whites and blacks, these gains represent increases in active years. For whites alone they also reflect reductions in years spent in poor health.
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