THE REVERSAL OF FORTUNES: TRENDS IN COUNTY MORTALITY AND CROSS-COUNTRY MORTALITY DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

ÔÇ£ÔǪThis study aimed to investigate trends in county mortality and cross-county mortality disparities, including the contributions of specific diseases to county level mortality trendsÔǪ┬áThere was a steady increase in mortality inequality across the US counties between 1983 and 1999, resulting from stagnation or increase in mortality among the worst-off segment of the populationÔǪÔÇØ