Avery Guest

• Economic distress and cause-of-death patterns for black and non-black men in Chicago

  Lorella Palazzo, Avery Guest et al.•ARTICLE•Biodemography and Social Biology•2003•Referencias: 52

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  The mortality disadvantage of African Americans is well documented, but previous studies have not considered its implications for population theory in the general case of industrialized nation states with high levels of income inequality. This paper examines the relevance of classic epidemiological theory to the extremes of income and mortality observed in Chicago, one of America's most racially divided cities. We analyze cause-specific death rat…

• Joblessness, Family Disruption, and Violent Death in Chicago, 1970-90

  Gunnar Almgren, Avery Guest et al.•ARTICLE•Social Forces•1998•Citada por: 19

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  Violent deaths, defined as homicides, suicides, and accidents, are leading causes of death among working-age populations. While large-scale population studies and community case studies have established common linkages between race, sex, age, joblessness, and all three forms of violent death, they have tended to be cross-sectional and to be focused on one cause of violent death to the exclusion of others. Utilizing 1970 and 1990 census data and v…

• Joblessness, Family Disruption, and Violent Death in Chicago, 1970-90

  Gunnar Almgren, Avery Guest et al.•ARTICLE•Social Forces•1998•Citada por: 19

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  Violent deaths, defined as homicides, suicides, and accidents, are leading causes of death among working-age populations. While large-scale population studies and community case studies have established common linkages between race, sex, age, joblessness, and all three forms of violent death, they have tended to be cross-sectional and to be focused on one cause of violent death to the exclusion of others. Utilizing 1970 and 1990 census data and v…

• Joblessness, Family Disruption, and Violent Death in Chicago, 1970-90

  Gunnar Almgren, Avery Guest et al.•ARTICLE•Social Forces•1998•Citada por: 19

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  Violent deaths, defined as homicides, suicides, and accidents, are leading causes of death among working-age populations. While large-scale population studies and community case studies have established common linkages between race, sex, age, joblessness, and all three forms of violent death, they have tended to be cross-sectional and to be focused on one cause of violent death to the exclusion of others. Utilizing 1970 and 1990 census data and v…

• Economic distress and cause-of-death patterns for black and non-black men in Chicago

  Lorella Palazzo, Avery Guest et al.•ARTICLE•Biodemography and Social Biology•2003•Referencias: 52

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  The mortality disadvantage of African Americans is well documented, but previous studies have not considered its implications for population theory in the general case of industrialized nation states with high levels of income inequality. This paper examines the relevance of classic epidemiological theory to the extremes of income and mortality observed in Chicago, one of America's most racially divided cities. We analyze cause-specific death rat…

Demography (2 obras) · Gerontology (2 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 obras) · Medicine (2 obras) · Population (2 obras) · Sociology (2 obras) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (2 obras) · Accidental (1 obras) · Clinical Psychology (1 obras)