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Baltimore communities subject to historic redlining still have lower average life expectancies - by around five years - today

01.19.22 | PLOS

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Fig 2. 2013 Baltimore community statistical areas (CSAs) by life expectancy.
Fig 2. 2013 Baltimore community statistical areas (CSAs) by life expectancy. Darker blue is longer life expectancy. Numbers refer to CSA names. Credit: Huang, Sehgal et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Baltimore communities subject to historic redlining still have lower average life expectancies - by around five years - today

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261028

Article Title: Association of historic redlining and present-day health in Baltimore

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0261028

Association of historic redlining and present-day health in Baltimore

19-Jan-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Health and Medicine Human Health Life Expectancy Public Health Racial Discrimination Racial Inequality Social Discrimination Social Inequality Social Research Social Sciences Society Sociological Data Sociology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0261028
Article Publication Date
2022-01-19
Article Title
Association of historic redlining and present-day health in Baltimore
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

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APA:
PLOS. (2022, January 19). Baltimore communities subject to historic redlining still have lower average life expectancies - by around five years - today. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L599K2X8/baltimore-communities-subject-to-historic-redlining-still-have-lower-average-life-expectancies-by-around-five-years-today.html
MLA:
"Baltimore communities subject to historic redlining still have lower average life expectancies - by around five years - today." Brightsurf News, Jan. 19 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L599K2X8/baltimore-communities-subject-to-historic-redlining-still-have-lower-average-life-expectancies-by-around-five-years-today.html.