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Age-adjusted mortality rates have declined for both Blacks and whites in the United States over the past several decades; however, disparities persist. In the current analysis of CDC epidemiologic surveillance data from 2018, researchers compared age-adjusted and age-specific all-cause and heart disease mortality rates between Black and white individuals in the U.S.
Age-adjusted all-cause mortality rates were 1.23 times higher in Black men than white men, and 1.14 times higher in Black women than white women overall. Disparities were highest in infancy (age <1 year); the Black-to-white risk ratio for all-cause mortality was 2.20 in males and 2.19 in females, and for heart disease mortality, 1.76 in males and 2.18 in females.
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