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Native American Age at Death in the USA

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  • Marina Mileo Gorzig

    (St. Catherine University)

  • D. L. Feir

    (University of Victoria
    The IZA Institute for Labor Economics)

  • Randall Akee

    (The IZA Institute for Labor Economics
    University of California Los Angeles)

  • Samuel Myers

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Marium Navid

    (University of California Los Angeles)

  • Kai Tiede

    (St. Catherine University)

  • Olivia Matzke

    (St. Catherine University)

Abstract

There are persistent disparities in mortality rates between Native Americans and other groups in the USA. Public-use mortality data severely limits the ability of researchers to examine contextual factors that might explain these disparities. Using restricted-use mortality microdata, we examine the relationship between geographic location, specific causes of death, and age at death. We show that Native American women, on average, die 13 years earlier than White women; Native American men, on average, die 12 years earlier than White men. These disparities are largest in the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states. The disparity in age at death is in part due to Native Americans dying from diseases at younger ages than White Americans. Native American women and men die younger and more often from homicide in counties with persistently higher White male to female ratios. Native American men also die younger and more often from homicide when White male to female ratios increase within their county over time.

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  • Marina Mileo Gorzig & D. L. Feir & Randall Akee & Samuel Myers & Marium Navid & Kai Tiede & Olivia Matzke, 2022. "Native American Age at Death in the USA," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 5(3), pages 194-209, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joerap:v:5:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s41996-021-00095-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s41996-021-00095-0
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    1. Carlos, Ann M. & Feir, Donna L. & Redish, Angela, 2022. "Indigenous Nations and the Development of the U.S. Economy: Land, Resources, and Dispossession," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 82(2), pages 516-555, June.
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