US Racial-Ethnic Mortality Gap Adjusted for Population Structure.
Héctor Pifarré ArolasEnrique AcostaChristian DudelJo Mhairi HaleMikko MyrskyläPublished in: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) (2023)
Mortality inequalities based on standard metrics' synthetic populations can differ markedly from estimates of the population structure-adjusted mortality gap. We demonstrate that standard metrics underestimate racial-ethnic disparities through disregarding actual population age structures. Exposure-corrected measures of inequality may better inform health policies around allocation of scarce resources.