Race-adjusted mortality rates

PMio observed in the valley, a 2.3% reduction in mortality would be expected. There was actually a 3.2% reduction in overall mortality during this period. Moreover, associations between city-specihc mortality rates and mean particulate pollution rates have been observed in cross-sectional studies. For example, Pope et al. (44) show that age-, sex-, and race-adjusted mortality rates increased with particle concentrations in 151 communities with sulfate measures in 1980 (Fig. 4). These observed differences in mortality rates suggest that the increased deaths associated with short-term particulate air pollution exposures are not balanced by decreased mortality in the following days. 

Rectal cancer mortality U.S. male utility workers employed full time for 6 months versus U.S. general population mortality rates (adjusted for age, calendar year, and race). 138,905 1950-1988 1950-1986 SMR 0.79 (95% Cl= 0.65-0.95) NC Loomis et al. 1997... 

U.S. male utility workers employed full time for 6 months versus U.S. general population mortality rates (adjusted for age, calendar year, and race). 

Figure 4 Age-, sex-, and race-adjusted city-specific mortality rates for 1980 plotted against mean concentrations of total sulfate air pollution levels for 1980 for 151 metropolitan areas in the United States. (From Ref 54.)...

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