He says the analysis painting Wisconsin as the only state with a growing gap between blacks and whites is yet another illustration of the challenges many black people here face, such as “poverty, unemployment, chronic stress and low educational attainment.”
According to Swain, social and economic circumstances exert a powerful impact on health and longevity.
The study did not cite reasons for life expectancy changes, but it follows a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It ranked Wisconsin last, when it comes to the well-being of minority children. Magda Peck wants the numbers to poke leaders and residents. Peck is a professor and founding dean of UW-Milwaukee’s School of Public Health.
“I’m hoping that this will cause greater curiosity, greater urgency, greater collaboration and a greater sense that we must work better together to translate these data into action,” Peck says.
[For more of this story, written by Ann-Elise Henzl, go to http://wuwm.com/post/poverty-cited-possible-cause-growing-life-expectancy-gap-between-black-and-white-women]
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