What’s interesting about this one is how consistent the racial differences are over more than 25 years. There’s very little closing of any gap between races in either gender, and not much closing of the gap between the sexes either. What’s interesting about this one is how consistent the racial differences are over more than 25 years. There’s very little closing of any gap between races in either gender, and not much closing of the gap between the sexes either. From “Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries” via Aaron Carroll.