Replication code for: Increased homicide played a key role in driving Black-White disparities in life expectancy among men during the COVID-19 pandemic
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Michael Light, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Karl Karl Vachuska, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Project Citation:
Light, Michael, and Karl Vachuska, Karl . Replication code for: Increased homicide played a key role in driving Black-White disparities in life expectancy among men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E208088V1
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Disparities
in life expectancy between Black and White Americans increased substantially
during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same period, the US experienced the
largest increase in homicide on record. Yet, little research has examined the
contribution of homicide to Black-White disparities in longevity in recent
years. Using mortality data and population estimates, we conduct a
comprehensive decomposition of the drivers of Black-White inequality in life
expectancy and lifespan variability between 2019 and 2021 among men. We find
that homicide is one of the principal reasons why lifespans have become shorter
for Black men than White men in recent years. In 2020 and 2021, homicide was
the leading contributor to inequality in both life expectancy and lifespan
variability between Black and White men, accounting for far more of the racial
gap in longevity and variability than deaths from COVID-19. Addressing
homicides should be at the forefront of any public health discussion aimed at
promoting racial health equity.
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