Native American Age at Death in the USA

Marina Mileo Gorzig (), Donna Feir, Randall Akee (), Samuel Myers (), Marium Navid (), Kai Tiede () and Olivia Matzke ()
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Marina Mileo Gorzig: St. Catherine University
Randall Akee: The IZA Institute for Labor Economics
Samuel Myers: University of Minnesota
Marium Navid: University of California Los Angeles
Kai Tiede: St. Catherine University
Olivia Matzke: St. Catherine University
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Marina Mileo Gorsuch

Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2022, vol. 5, issue 3, No 5, 194-209

Abstract: Abstract There are persistent disparities in mortality rates between Native Americans and other groups in the USA. Public-use mortality data severely limits the ability of researchers to examine contextual factors that might explain these disparities. Using restricted-use mortality microdata, we examine the relationship between geographic location, specific causes of death, and age at death. We show that Native American women, on average, die 13 years earlier than White women; Native American men, on average, die 12 years earlier than White men. These disparities are largest in the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states. The disparity in age at death is in part due to Native Americans dying from diseases at younger ages than White Americans. Native American women and men die younger and more often from homicide in counties with persistently higher White male to female ratios. Native American men also die younger and more often from homicide when White male to female ratios increase within their county over time.

Keywords: Health; Native American; Gender; Sex; Age at death; Cause of death; Homicides; Mortality disparities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s41996-021-00095-0

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