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Journal of Community Health
Published in: Journal of Community Health 5/2019

01-10-2019 | Original Paper

Potentially Avertable Premature Deaths Associated with Jail Incarceration in New York City

Authors: Kathleen H. Reilly, Eileen Johns, Nebahat Noyan, Maryanne Schretzman, Tsu-Yu Tsao

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 5/2019

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Abstract

This study assessed neighborhood-level association between jail incarceration and premature mortality and estimated the number of potentially avertable premature deaths associated with jail incarceration in NYC. The study outcome was premature mortality rate and the main predictor of interest was jail incarceration rate. Variables associated with premature mortality in bivariate analysis were considered for inclusion in the multivariable ordinary least squares model and in the multivariable linear mixed effects model accounting for spatial correlation. Numbers of potentially avertable premature deaths were calculated by substituting the citywide incarceration rate for the neighborhoods with incarceration rates higher than the citywide rate in the final regression model. There were large disparities in both jail incarceration and premature mortality rates. Incarceration was strongly associated with premature mortality. The number of potentially avertable premature deaths associated with jail incarceration from 2011 to 2015 was approximately 6000, representing 10% of all predicted premature deaths in NYC. This study indicates that incarceration is closely correlated with premature mortality rates, which may contribute to health inequities among low-income NYC neighborhoods with predominantly black and Latino residents.
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Metadata
Title
Potentially Avertable Premature Deaths Associated with Jail Incarceration in New York City
Authors
Kathleen H. Reilly
Eileen Johns
Nebahat Noyan
Maryanne Schretzman
Tsu-Yu Tsao
Publication date
01-10-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Community Health / Issue 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-018-00611-8

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