Metropolitan Racial Residential Segregation and Cardiovascular Mortality: Exploring Pathways

Racial residential segregation and stroke mortality in Atlanta.

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between neighborhood-level racial residential segregation and stroke mortality using a spatially derived segregation index. DESIGN Cross-sectional study SETTING Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area METHODS The study population consisted of non-Hispanic Black and White residents of the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area during the time period Jan 1, ...

The effect of racial residential segregation on black infant mortality.

Economic differences and proximal risk factors do not fully explain the persistent high infant mortality rates of African Americans (blacks). The authors hypothesized that racial residential segregation plays an independent role in high black infant mortality rates. Segregation restricts social and economic advantage and imposes negative environmental exposures that black women and infants expe...

Metropolitan-level racial residential segregation and black-white disparities in hypertension.

Few studies have examined geographic variation in hypertension disparities, but studies of other health outcomes indicate that racial residential segregation may help to explain these variations. The authors used data from 8,071 black and white participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2006) who were aged 25 years or older to investigate whether black-white hype...

Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Neighborhood-level racial/ethnic residential segregation and incident cardiovascular disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that neighborhood-level racial/ethnic residential segregation is linked to health, but it has not been studied prospectively in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS AND RESULTS Participants were 1595 non-Hispanic black, 2345 non-Hispanic white, and 1289 Hispanic adults from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis free of CVD at baseline (ag...