Journal article
Black lives matter: Differential mortality and the racial composition of the U.S. electorate, 1970–2004
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Excess mortality in marginalized populations could be both a cause and an effect of political processes. We estimate the impact of mortality differentials between blacks and whites from 1970 to 2004 on the racial composition of the electorate in the US general election of 2004 and in close statewide elections during the study period. We analyze 73 million US deaths from the Multiple Cause of Death files to calculate: (1) Total excess deaths among blacks between 1970 and 2004, (2) total hypoth...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 850.7KB)
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- 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.014
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+ Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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T32 HD007339
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Social Science and Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 136-137
- Pages:
- 193-199
- Publication date:
- 2015-04-21
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0277-9536
- Source identifiers:
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606877
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- pubs:606877
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- 2016-03-01
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- Elsevier
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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- © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: [10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.014]
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