Study: Life Expectancy of Black People Shortens Racial health disparities, along with geographic differences and the COVID-19 pandemic, have erased lifespan gains for Black people
by Jennifer Porter Gore November 22, 2024
After decades of slow bu steady progress closing the longevity gap, the average lifespan for Black Americans widened significantly. Researchers also found that the width of the gap related to several fators, including where the subjjects lived. Credit: Getty images
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To closely measure the life expectancy gap, researchers divided the country into regions based on factors like education, income and environmental factors. The in-depth look found that Black people in general must contend with disparities that contribute to a shortening lifespan.
A study of life expectancy trends in the U.S. released Thursday has found that the gap between Black and white lifespans has nearly doubled over the last two decades, exacerbated by geographic and racial health disparities — and reversing decades of a slow but gradual narrowing of the gap.
The study published in the journal The Lancet also found that life expectancies can vary by roughly 20 years, depending on an individual’s race, ethnicity and the economic conditions where they live. The disparities are so stark that the study’s authors divide the nation into ten mutually exclusive populations, which the study authors term “The ten Americas.”
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