Black adults on disability benefits live longer than white adults on the same benefits

Researchers measured death rates for low-income adults with disabilities who receive federal aid. They found that Black adults in this group live longer than white adults, which goes against common ideas about health disparities.

For years, public health programs assumed that Black populations always face worse health outcomes than white populations. This paper shows that for low-income adults with disabilities, Black adults actually live longer than white adults. This means health agencies and disability services must now look closer at specific groups and the actual reasons for these differences.