Racial disparity in mortality from tuberculosis in the US between states with and without a history of Jim-Crow laws: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and risk factors study, 1990 to 2019

Racial disparity in mortality from tuberculosis in the US between states with and without a history of Jim-Crow laws: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and risk factors study, 1990 to 2019

Abstract Background While TB-related mortality in the US declined four-fold from 1990 to 2019, country-level estimates of TB burden obscure within-state racial heterogeneity and changes in TB burden over time. In sixteen US Southern States and Washington DC, the effects of health inequities engender...

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Main Authors: Philimon N. Gona, Lorena M. Estrada-Martinez, Lingling Zhang, Clara M. Gona, Aaloke Mody, Sowmya R. Rao, Joseph Cooper, Kibibi Mack-Shelton, Ping Chen, Suzanne G. Leveille, Ali H. Mokdad, G. B. D. 2019 T. B. Racial Disparity
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Tuberculosis-related mortality in US States
Tuberculosis Epidemiology in US States
Changes in Tuberculosis mortality
Jim-Crow states
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20522-9
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