White-nonwhite Mortality Differentials in the United States
Author: Helen C. Chase
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 38
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Author: Helen C. Chase
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 38
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William B. Clifford
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 62
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1997-09-23
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0309175569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOlder Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, strong differences persist, both in life expectancy and in the causes of disability and death at older ages. This book examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups. The determinants of these trends and differences are also investigated, including differences in access to health care and experiences in early life, diet, health behaviors, genetic background, social class, wealth and income. Groups often neglected in analyses of national data, such as the elderly Hispanic and Asian Americans of different origin and immigrant generations, are compared. The volume provides understanding of research bearing on the health status and survival of the fastest-growing segment of the American population.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004-10-16
Total Pages: 753
ISBN-13: 0309092116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
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Published: 2021-12-02
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ISBN-13: 9780309684736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Evelyn M. Kitagawa
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congressional Budget Office
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1994-02-01
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0309050855
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the United States and the rest of the world face the unprecedented challenge of aging populations, this volume draws together for the first time state-of-the-art work from the emerging field of the demography of aging. The nine chapters, written by experts from a variety of disciplines, highlight data sources and research approaches, results, and proposed strategies on a topic with major policy implications for labor forces, economic well-being, health care, and the need for social and family supports.
Author: Robert A. Hummer
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Office of Program Analysis
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 92
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