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BACKGROUND There are large and persistent disparities in life expectancy among racial-ethnic groups in the USA, but the extent to which these patterns vary geographically on a local scale is not well understood.
Laura Dwyer-Lindgren +2 more
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Summary Background How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, and how the population’s state of health and leading causes of disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, and provision of ...
Hmwe Hmwe Kyu +2 more
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BACKGROUND Improving survival and extending the longevity of life for all populations requires timely, robust evidence on local mortality levels and trends.
Haidong Wang +2 more
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Summary Background Understanding potential trajectories in health and drivers of health is crucial to guiding long-term investments and policy implementation.
Neal Marquez +2 more
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Summary Background Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify specific needs for resource allocation in research, policy development,
Simon Iain Hay +2 more
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Summary Background Regular, detailed reporting on population health by underlying cause of death is fundamental for public health decision making. Cause-specific estimates of mortality and the subsequent effects on life expectancy worldwide are valuable ...
Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari +2 more
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BACKGROUND The life expectancy of people with HIV taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased substantially over the past 25 years. Most previous studies of life expectancy were based on data from the first few years after starting ART, when ...
A. Trickey +23 more
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BACKGROUND Assessment of the efficiency of interventions is paramount to achieving equitable health-care systems. One key barrier to the widespread use of economic evaluations in resource allocation decisions is the absence of a widely accepted method to
A. Pichón-Riviere +4 more
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Summary Background Mental disorders are associated with premature mortality. There is increasing research examining life expectancy and years-of-potential-life-lost (YPLL) to quantify the disease impact on survival in people with mental disorders.
J. Chan +7 more
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