Health Equity and the Tripartite Mission: Moving From Academic Health Centers to Academic–Community Health Systems

Abstract

The age-adjusted death rate increased by 0.4% from 728.8 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2016 to 731.9 in 2017.• Age-specific death rates increased from 2016 to 2017 for age groups 25-34, 35-44, and 85 and over, and decreased for the age group 45-54.• The 10 leading causes of death in 2017 remained the same as in 2016.• The infant mortality rate of 579.3 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017 was not significantly different from the 2016 rate.• The 10 leading causes of infant death in 2017 remained the same as in 2016 although 4 causes changed ranks. data; therefore, figures may differ from those previously published (1). Life expectancies for 2017 may change slightly when updated Medicare data become available.

Knight Scholars Program: A Tiered Three-Year Mentored Training Program for Urban and Rural High School High School Students Increases Interest and Self-Efficacy in Interprofessional Cancer Research

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