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Andreas Muller, PhD

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Andreas Muller, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham, #820, Little Rock, AR 72205 (e-mail: amuller@uams.edu).

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Lynch et al.’s recent analysis of the last 6 US census periods suggests that the relationship between income inequality and mortality is less enduring than was previously thought.¹ Statistically significant correlations between state household Gini coefficients and age-adjusted death rates were reported only for the years 1979, 1989, and 1999.

The graphs presented by Lynch et al. omit the population at risk. The authors treat the state as the unit of analysis, which ignores the substantial variation in state populations. From the perspective of population exposure, state-based correlations will favor less populous states. Weighting the correlations by state population will . . . [Full Text]