sysuse uslifeexp, clear
gen diff = le_wm - le_bm
label var diff "Difference"
#delimit ;
line le_wm year, yaxis(1 2) xaxis(1 2)
|| line le_bm year
|| line diff year
|| lfit diff year
||,
ylabel(0(5)20, axis(2) gmin angle(horizontal))
ylabel(0 20(10)80, gmax angle(horizontal))
ytitle("", axis(2))
xlabel(1918, axis(2)) xtitle("", axis(2))
ytitle("Life expectancy at birth (years)")
title("White and black life expectancy")
subtitle("USA, 1900-1999")
note("Source: National Vital Statistics, Vol 50, No. 6"
"(1918 dip caused by 1918 Influenza Pandemic)")
legend(label(1 "White males") label(2 "Black males"))
legend(col(1) pos(3))
;
#delimit cr