Mortality Differentials by Race

by Hilary Waldron
ORES Working Paper No. 99 (released December 2002)
Table equivalent for Chart 1. Odds ratios for men aged 25 to 64 and 65 to 90, by educational attainment
Educational attainment Odds ratio
High Low Point
Blacks aged 25 to 64 1.569 1.074 1.298
All races aged 25 to 64; less than 12 years of school 3.132 2.127 2.581
All races aged 25 to 64; 12 to 15 years of school 1.897 1.313 1.578
Blacks aged 65 to 90 1.212 0.975 1.087
All races aged 65 to 90; less than 12 years of school 1.746 1.438 1.584
All races aged 65 to 90; 12 to 15 years of school 1.394 1.142 1.262
SOURCE: Author's calculations using data from the 1973 Exact Match.
NOTE: Reference variables are "all other races" and "college educated," respectively.
Table equivalent for Chart 2. Mortality differentials at ages 25 to 60 for unmarried black men and all other unmarried men born in 1940 with less than 12 years of school
Age Blacks All
other
men
25 -5.1816 -6.3673
30 -5.0126 -5.9978
35 -4.8436 -5.6283
40 -4.6746 -5.2588
45 -4.5056 -4.8893
50 -4.3366 -4.5198
55 -4.1676 -4.1503
60 -3.9986 -3.7808
SOURCE: Author's calculations using data from the 1973 Exact Match.
Table equivalent for Chart 3. Educational attainment (less than 12 years of school) of white and black men, by birth cohort
Birth cohort Whites Blacks
1908–1910 59.3 82.1
1911–1913 56.0 74.5
1914–1916 47.6 78.4
1917–1919 40.6 77.5
1920–1922 36.9 71.3
1923–1925 35.5 68.9
1926–1928 35.0 69.6
1929–1932 29.3 57.0
1933–1934 26.4 53.3
1935–1937 27.6 56.8
1938–1940 25.0 48.0
1941–1943 21.1 41.7
1944–1946 18.1 26.8
1947–1949 13.6 24.3
1950–1952 12.4 23.5
1953–1955 11.7 20.9
1956–1958 12.8 18.8
1959–1961 15.8 17.2
1962–1964 13.2 14.4
1965–1967 12.8 9.3
1968–1970 13.3 11.5
SOURCE: 1973 Exact Match (birth cohorts 1908–1934); 1965 to 2000 CPS (birth cohorts 1935–1970).
Table equivalent for Chart 4. Educational attainment (12–15 years of school) of white and black men, by birth cohort
Birth cohort Whites Blacks
1908–1910 29.7 13.4
1911–1913 33.8 19.8
1914–1916 41.1 17.7
1917–1919 47.2 17.8
1920–1922 50.0 22.8
1923–1925 48.3 25.7
1926–1928 46.9 26.6
1929–1932 49.5 33.0
1933–1934 52.1 39.2
1935–1937 52.7 39.3
1938–1940 54.5 46.7
1941–1943 54.8 49.0
1944–1946 56.3 62.9
1947–1949 55.4 60.7
1950–1952 57.6 61.2
1953–1955 61.0 63.4
1956–1958 60.9 68.3
1959–1961 60.5 69.0
1962–1964 62.9 71.6
1965–1967 62.1 77.2
1968–1970 60.0 73.4
SOURCE: 1973 Exact Match (birth cohorts 1908–1934); 1965 to 2000 CPS (birth cohorts 1935–1970).
Table equivalent for Chart 5. Educational attainment (16 or more years of school) of white and black men, by birth cohort
Birth cohort Whites Blacks
1908–1910 11.0 4.5
1911–1913 10.2 5.7
1914–1916 11.4 5.7
1917–1919 12.2 8.6
1920–1922 13.1 5.9
1923–1925 16.2 5.4
1926–1928 18.1 3.8
1929–1932 21.2 10.1
1933–1934 21.4 7.5
1935–1937 19.7 3.9
1938–1940 20.5 5.3
1941–1943 24.1 9.4
1944–1946 25.6 10.3
1947–1949 31.0 14.9
1950–1952 30.0 15.4
1953–1955 27.3 15.7
1956–1958 26.3 12.9
1959–1961 23.8 13.8
1962–1964 23.9 14.1
1965–1967 25.2 13.5
1968–1970 26.8 15.1
SOURCE: 1973 Exact Match (birth cohorts 1908–1934); 1965 to 2000 CPS (birth cohorts 1935–1970).
Table equivalent for Chart 6. Ratio of median annual earnings of college graduates aged 25 to 34 relative to high school graduates aged 25 to 34
Year Ratio, bachelor's degree
or higher level of
education relative to
a high school diploma
1970 1.24
1971 1.22
1972 1.18
1973 1.16
1974 1.14
1975 1.17
1976 1.19
1977 1.18
1978 1.18
1979 1.16
1980 1.19
1981 1.29
1982 1.34
1983 1.35
1984 1.36
1985 1.5
1986 1.5
1987 1.49
1988 1.42
1989 1.45
1990 1.48
1991 1.53
1992 1.6
1993 1.57
1994 1.52
1995 1.55
1996 1.56
1997 1.5
1998 1.56
1999 1.58
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education (2001), Table 18-2.