Causes, Correlates and Consequences of Death Among Older Adults

Jere R. Behrman

ISBN 10: 0792382862 / ISBN 13: 9780792382867

Editore: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Sep 1998, 1998

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Neuware -All humans eventually die, but life expectancies differ over time and among different demographic groups. Teasing out the various causes and correlates of death is a challenge, and it is one we take on in this book. A look at the data on mortality is both interesting and suggestive of some possible relationships. In 1900 life expectancies at birth were 46. 3 and 48. 3 years for men and women respectively, a gender differential of a bit less than 5 percent. Life expectancies for whites then were about 0. 3 years longer than that of the whole population, but life expectancies for blacks were only about 33 years for men and women. At age 65, the remaining life expectancies were about 12 and 11 years for whites and blacks respectively. Fifty years later, life expectancies at birth had grown to 66 and 71 years for males and females respectively. The percentage differential between the sexes was now almost up to 10 percent. The life expectancies of whites were about one year longer than that for the entire population. The big change was for blacks, whose life expectancy had grown to over 60 years with black females living about 5 percent longer than their male counterparts. At age 65 the remaining expected life had increased about two years with much larger percentage gains for blacks.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 212 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Causes, Correlates and Consequences of Death Among Older Adults
• Editore: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Sep 1998
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792382862
• ISBN 13: 9780792382867
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

All humans eventually die, but life expectancies differ over time and among different demographic groups. Teasing out the various causes and correlates of death is a challenge, and it is one we take on in this book. A look at the data on mortality is both interesting and suggestive of some possible relationships. In 1900 life expectancies at birth were 46. 3 and 48. 3 years for men and women respectively, a gender differential of a bit less than 5 percent. Life expectancies for whites then were about 0. 3 years longer than that of the whole population, but life expectancies for blacks were only about 33 years for men and women. At age 65, the remaining life expectancies were about 12 and 11 years for whites and blacks respectively. Fifty years later, life expectancies at birth had grown to 66 and 71 years for males and females respectively. The percentage differential between the sexes was now almost up to 10 percent. The life expectancies of whites were about one year longer than that for the entire population. The big change was for blacks, whose life expectancy had grown to over 60 years with black females living about 5 percent longer than their male counterparts. At age 65 the remaining expected life had increased about two years with much larger percentage gains for blacks.

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List of Tables. List of Figures. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. The Optimal Choice of Health and Mortality. 3. Statistical Techniques for Estimation of Hazard Functions. 4. Mortality Hazard Estimates from the Dorn Sample: Smoking, Occupational Risks, Birth Cohort, Functional Form and Frailty. 5. Mortality Hazard Estimates from the Retirement History Survey: Education, Pensions, and Marital Status and Black-White and Gender Differences. 6. Private Rates of Return on Social Security and Their Relation to Mortality for Groups Defined by Socioeconomic Characteristics. 7. Conclusion. References. Author Index. Subject Index.