Do Racial Disparities Exist During Pretrial Decisionmaking? Evidence from North Carolina

Do Racial Disparities Exist during Pretrial Decisionmaking? Evidence from North Carolina

Racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric tuberculosis in North Carolina.

OBJECTIVES To investigate an increase in active pediatric tuberculosis (TB) cases in North Carolina from 9 cases in 2001 to 32 cases in 2002, and to pilot test a screening tool for detection of latent TB infection in children. DESIGN Retrospective cohort and cross-sectional study. SETTING State of North Carolina and a county public health department pediatric clinic. PARTICIPANTS Children...

Racial disparities in birth outcomes increase with maternal age: recent data from North Carolina.

BACKGROUND Racial disparities in birth outcomes persist in North Carolina and the United States. We examined patterns of birth outcomes and womens health measures in North Carolina by race and age to portray the largest disparities. We wanted to see if our data were consistent with the "weathering hypothesis," which holds that the health of African American women may begin to deteriorate in ear...

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colon Cancer Screening in North Carolina.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 3rd most common cancer in both men and women; in 2015 there were 132,700 new cases in the United States, representing 8% of all new cases of cancer [1]. In terms of mortality, there were 49,700 colon cancer deaths in 2015, comprising 8.4% of all cancer-related deaths in the United States [1]. Within North Carolina, the incidence of CRC was 39.6 per 100,000 populat...

Racial Disparities in Schooling: Evidence From Cape-Town, South Africa

Racial disparities in education in South Africa have been large and enduring post-apartheid. However, moving beyond simple descriptions of these disparities to a more detailed explanation has proven to be elusive. In this dissertation, I develop and estimate a dynamic model of schooling and labor supply of youths in South Africa, and use it to study several potential explanations for the racial...