MPC Member Publications

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Title: Racial inequality in infectious disease mortality in the early 20th century | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal

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Publication Year: 2019

Abstract: The mortality rate of non-Hispanic white Americans in midlife has been rising since the beginning of the 21st century, in contrast to the national decline in deaths from infectious disease witnessed during the previous century. This column reviews the fall in infectious mortality in US cities across regions and racial groups. It finds that southern cities had the highest rate of death from infectious disease in every year from 1900 to 1948, primarily because southern cities were populated by greater proportions of black residents, who suffered extreme risks from infectious disease in cities in all regions.

Url: https://voxeu.org/article/racial-inequality-infectious-disease-mortality-early-20th-century

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Authors: Feigenbaum, James J; Muller, Christopher; Wrigley-Field, Elizabeth

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