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Changing to the 2000 Standard Million: Are Declining Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Real Progress or Statistical Illusion?

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: This study determined the effects of changing from the 1940 to the 2000 standard million on monitoring socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in health. METHODS: Using the 1940, 1970, and 2000 standard million, we calculated and compared age-adjusted rates for selected health outcomes stratified by socioeconomic level. RESULTS: Changing from the 1940 to the 2000 standard million markedly reduced the age-adjusted relative risks for self-reported fair or poor health status of poor Americans compared with high-income Americans. CONCLUSIONS: Public health researchers and practitioners should give serious consideration to the implications of the change to the 2000 standard million for monitoring social inequalities in health.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.91.8.1209

Authors: Nancy Krieger, David R. Williams

Institutions: Harvard University, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research

Language: English

Topic: Health disparities and outcomes

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1967868058

FWCI: 6.311

Cites: 12

Cited by: 81

Related to: 10