Mortality Trends by Race and Ethnicity Among Adults Aged 25 and over: United States, 2000-2017

NCHS Data Brief. 2019 Jul:(342):1-8.

Abstract

Hispanic adults in the United States have experienced lower overall mortality and consequently higher life expectancy than non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black adults (1,2). This report presents recent trends in ageadjusted death rates from 2000 through 2017 for adults aged 25 and over for Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic black adults, overall and by specific age groups (25-44, 45-64, and 65 and over).

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Ethnicity
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Life Expectancy / ethnology
  • Life Expectancy / trends*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mortality / ethnology
  • Mortality / trends*
  • United States / epidemiology