Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (@wrigleyfield.bsky.social)

The biggest project I've worked on for the last chunk of years was just published. It asks, how big are US Black-white lifespan differences? This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.

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Three Ways of Looking at Black–White Mortality Differences in the United States | Annual Reviews Everyone agrees that US Black deaths happen earlier than white deaths on average, but it is surprisingly challenging to find the best ways to summarize, quantify, and compare this gap. This review arg... https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-soc-031021-105213