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by Philip N. Cohen

Tag: health

The COVID-19 epidemic in rural U.S. counties

May 17, 2020May 18, 2020Categories Me @ work2 Comments on The COVID-19 epidemic in rural U.S. counties

The rural epidemic is driven by outbreaks in counties with prisons, meat and poultry, and nursing homes. They're also disproportionately Hispanic, American Indian, and Black.

Philip Cohen at 50, having been 14 in 1981

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017Categories Me @ work9 Comments on Philip Cohen at 50, having been 14 in 1981

14-year-old me is never going to believe this.

Weathering and delayed births, get your norms off my body edition

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015Categories Me @ work15 Comments on Weathering and delayed births, get your norms off my body edition

For Black women, the health risks increase linearly with age at birth. Why wait?

Marriage rates among people with disabilities (save the data edition)

November 24, 2014December 7, 2016Categories Me @ work1 Comment on Marriage rates among people with disabilities (save the data edition)

Wide range of marriage rates across disability types for people of different racial-ethnic groups -- and why we need more data like this.

Life expectancy update, disparity edition

October 8, 2014October 8, 2014Categories In the news, Research reports3 Comments on Life expectancy update, disparity edition

Life expectancy is increasing in the U.S. But life disparity is higher for Blacks than for Whites.

Immigrant health paradox update

August 31, 2014September 2, 2014Categories Uncategorized14 Comments on Immigrant health paradox update

Updating research on the surprising fact that immigrants are healthier than their U.S.-born coethnics.

Home birth is more dangerous. Discuss.

October 29, 2013October 29, 2013Categories Uncategorized24 Comments on Home birth is more dangerous. Discuss.

Birth complications are somewhere between a hangover and a nuclear meltdown. What do we do to prevent them?

Are White women high school dropouts getting sicker?

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013Categories In the news11 Comments on Are White women high school dropouts getting sicker?

Looks to me like the health of White high school dropouts as a group is getting worse because healthier people are leaving (or never entering) it.

Life expectancy, life disparity

July 23, 2013July 22, 2013Categories Uncategorized3 Comments on Life expectancy, life disparity

It's not just how long the average person lives that matters, but how early the average person dies compared with how long the average person lives.

Off topic: My 5-year cancerversary

June 6, 2013Categories Me @ work13 Comments on Off topic: My 5-year cancerversary

Pre-test probability is low. Relax. Good luck!

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Philip N. Cohen

I’m a sociologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. See my website at philipncohen.com for more information.

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