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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2013 Jan;126(1):10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.06.019. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.06.019

Table 1.

Black:White Mortality Ratios in US Counties with Low and High Black Male Mortality Rates. 1999-2007.

US Counties with Low Black Rates
(n = 66)		 Other US Counties of Comparable
Urbanization (n = 3,013)
Age-adjusted Mortality (95%
Confidence Interval). 45-64
Years.		 Ratio Age-adjusted Mortality (95%
Confidence Interval). 45 to 64
Years.		 Ratio
Cause of Death Black White Black:
White		 Black White Black:
White
Ischemic Heart
Disease		 104 (97, 110) 105 (103,106)  1.0 219 (222, 224) 154 (154, 155) 1.4
Diseases of the
Liver		  19 (16, 22)  23 (23, 24)  0.8  40 (40, 42)  34 (34, 35) 1.2
Transport
Accident		  15 (12, 17)  15 (14, 15) 1.0  34 (33, 34)  23 (23, 23) 1.5
Other External
Accident		  15 (12, 17)  18 (17, 19) 0.8  36 (35, 37)  28 (28, 28) 1.3
Chronic Lower
Respiratory
Disease		  12 (9, 14)  15 (14, 15) 0.8  28 (27, 28)  25 (25, 25) 1.1
Mental
Disorder Due to
Psychoactive
Substance
Abuse		  6 (5, 8)  8 (8, 9) 0.8  18 (17, 19)  10 (10, 11) 1.8