Mortality Patterns in the Southern Black Belt: Regional and Racial Comparisons

Mortality Patterns in the Southern Black Belt: Regional and Racial Comparisons

W. E. B. Du Bois coined the term The Black Belt to indicate an area of extreme structural inequality. The Southern Black Belt is a set of U.S. counties with proportionately high African American populations and the Plantation South's social legacy. Previous research revealed the region's...

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Main Author: Dale W. Wimberley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina Sociological Association 2008-10-01
Series:Sociation Today
Subjects:
mortality rates
differential mortality
infant mortality
life expectancy
southern black belt
Du Bois
Online Access:http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v62/wimber.htm

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