relevance to the health of African Americans. Epidemiologists are another po-
tential audience because they have recently turned to the study of racism and
health, although epidemiologic studies have not dealt specifically with black-
white segregation and health. This book could stimulate some epidemiologists
to include variables related to segregation in their studies.

Sociologists and epidemiologists, along with psychologists, will be familiar
with the uses and limits of the statistical method (multiple linear regression)
used in the analyses of poverty rates and level of segregation as predictors of
variation in black mortality rates among large U.S. metropolitan areas (Chapter
5). However, in an effort to maximize readability for a wider audience, tables
with regression models have been placed in the Appendix, along with detailed
tabulations of data for large numbers of metropolitan areas.

Psychologists interested in racism or related areas could be important col-
laborators with sociologists and epidemiologists in studies of the epidemiology
of American apartheid. Readers working in social policy and health policy areas,
including urban issues, should find some relevant materials, especially in the
final chapter.

For general readers, this work fits within the framework of Swedish econo-
mist G. Myrdal "American dilemma" thesis ( 1944) that the "American creed"
of equality of opportunity and freedom from discrimination remains unfulfilled. Little background in statistics is needed to read most of this book, and explana-
tions of correlation coefficients and linear regression (if needed) can be found in
texts on basic statistics.

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