Social determinants of racial health inequities
Eric Brandt
Abstract
In The Lancet Public Health, Joshua D Bundy and colleagues report on how social determinants of health (SDoH) affect the association between race and premature mortality in a large cohort of adults in the USA.1 By linking data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2018 to data from the National Death Index, the authors explored the associations between premature mortality (defined as death before 75 years of age) and SDoH across eight categories: employment status, family income-to-poverty ratio, food security, education level, health-care access, health insurance status, and being married or living with a partner.
Topics & Concepts
Social determinants of healthPublic healthHealth equityGerontologyMedicineRacismPovertyNational Death IndexDemographyNational Health Interview SurveyRace and healthHazard ratioEnvironmental healthPolitical sciencePopulationSociologyConfidence intervalGender studiesNursingLawInternal medicineFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth disparities and outcomesPublic Health Policies and Education