Regional Cultures and Mortality in America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107079632)

Across the contiguous 48 states, populations in states with more activist civic cultures have lower mortality than states that do not follow this model. Several different factors can be pointed to as causes for this discrepancy - net income, class inequality, and the history of settlement in each of the different states and regions. These observations are true of Non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans but not of American Indians, and Hispanics, neither of which is fully integrated into the state political culture and economy in which it resides. In Regional Cultures and Mortality in America, the struggles these various populations face in regard to their health are explored in terms of where they reside.

Author: Stephen J. Kunitz
ISBN-10: 1107079632
ISBN-13: 9781107079632
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2014
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.00w x 0.80d