Racism as a leading cause of death in the United States

BMJ. 2022 Jan 25:376:o213. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o213.

Authors

Harlan M Krumholz^{1

2

3}, Daisy S Massey¹, Karen B Dorsey^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut USA.
² Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut USA.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut USA.

PMID: 35078777
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o213

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
Cause of Death*
Health Status Disparities*
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Racism / prevention & control
Racism / statistics & numerical data*
United States / epidemiology