Blacks experience morbidity and mortality earlier in the life course compared to whites. Such
premature declines in health may be indicative of an acceleration of the aging process. The …

A review of health data identified four major trends in the elderly population:(a) a younger
Black group that was more morbid than an older Black group,(b) an alternating pattern of …

This article presents evidence of a Black/White crossover in functional health. Its existence
supports the hypothesis, based on selective survival, that older members of socially …

Racial disparities in health have been well documented over the past several decades. Most
of the research on racial disparities has focused primarily on comparisons of Blacks and …

Background The weathering hypothesis views the elevated rates of illness, disability, and
mortality seen among Black Americans as a physiological response to the structural barriers …

Background Differences in health status between Black and White adults in the United
States have been widely documented. For instance, in recent reviews, Manton, Patrick, and …

Biological aging is a proposed mechanism through which social determinants drive health
disparities. We conducted proof-of-concept testing of 8 DNA-methylation (DNAm) and blood …

Racial and ethnic differences in the age patterns of incidence and prevalence of chronic
morbidity and disability are important because they provide data on (1) biological …

For over a hundred years, medical and social scientists have studied differences in health
status among racial groups in the United States. The resulting literature has focused on …

We examine whether individual and neighborhood socioeconomic context contributes to
black/white disparities in mortality among USA older adults. Using national longitudinal data …