Avoidable Mortality

Black-white differences in avoidable mortality in the USA, 1980-2005

“…Only a few studies were identified that assessed AM in the USA in the 1990s or thereafter 7891011. According to the most recent study of OECD countries, the USA had the highest levels of mortality amenable to healthcare in 2003, and the lowest percentage decline between 1997–98 and 2002–03 12.…”