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| Cause of death and active life expectancy in the older population of the United States | | Author(s) | Mark D Hayward, Eileen M Crimmins, Yasuhiko Saito |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 10, no 2, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 192-213 |
| Keywords | Death ; Physical disabilities ; Mobility ; Life expectancy tables ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research shows that active life expectancy is determined by the onset of disability, the recovery from disability, and differential mortality across levels of disability. The aim of this US study was to develop a better understanding of the role of mortality in determining active life expectancy by elaborating the mortality process to include the major causes of death. Based on data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging, a multi-state life-table model of individuals' age-graded mortality and disability experiences revealed that many, and sometimes most, of the deaths occurring among the older population happen when people are active relatively close to death. This pattern was especially evident for men. Despite differences between active and inactive older people of a given age in the length of inactive life, few differences occurred in the causes of death. Simulations showed that many of the gains in life expectancy, via the reduction in major diseases were felt in terms of increased active life, in particular among the young-old and men. These results point to possible mechanisms in which improvements in mortality extend active life. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980721404 A |
| Classmark | CW: BN: C4: S7: 3J: 7T |
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