Reading path
Disadvantage as a dose
5 chapters in reading order. A path is a way through the book that follows one question; every chapter also stands alone.
- 1Place and the length of a life
Chapter 6.1 in Part VI, Early death
Life expectancy at birth is lower in more deprived neighborhoods, 74.0 against 82.3 years in the most and least deprived tenths of census tracts for deaths in 2010 to 2015, and county averages conceal differences within counties.
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- 2Birthweight and preterm birth
Chapter 1.1 in Part I, Birth
In counties of 100,000 or more residents, the share of births under 2,500 grams rises from 7.4% in the least deprived tenth of counties to 9.7% in the most deprived, and the rate for non-Hispanic Black mothers is higher than for non-Hispanic white mothers in every quartile of county deprivation.
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- 3Health behaviors and the supply of care
Chapter 5.1 in Part V, Health and the body
In the most deprived tenth of census tracts, the share of adults who saw a dentist in the past year was 24.4 points lower than in the least deprived tenth, and the share who had a routine checkup was 3.6 points higher.
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- 4Gun homicide and the causes of early death
Chapter 6.2 in Part VI, Early death
The tract clusters with the highest firearm homicide rates hold 50% of the deaths implied for 2022 to 2024 and 9.5% of residents outside New York City, and in Cook County the residents of the highest-rate clusters have a life expectancy of 71.7 years (deaths in 2010 to 2015), 9.5 fewer than those in clusters with no recorded deaths.
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- 5Disability, retirement and Medicare
Chapter 8.1 in Part VIII, Old age
Adult disability rises from 23.3% to 42.9% across tenths of tracts by deprivation and the disabled-worker share of Social Security beneficiaries from 7.2% to 16.8% across fifths of ZIP codes, while Medicare payments per fee-for-service beneficiary show no detectable difference between the least and most deprived fifths of counties and, weighted by residents, county values of expected age at death at 40 spread more for the poorest income quartile than for the richest.
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