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Title: Predicting Older Age Mortality Trends

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Improving early prenatal and postnatal conditions account for at least 16 to 17 percent of the decline in ten year mortality rates of 60-79 year olds between 1900 and 1960-80. Historical trends in early prenatal and postnatal conditions imply that while the baby-boom cohort may be particularly long-lived compared to past cohorts, mortality rates may not fall as steeply for the cohorts born after 1955 as for earlier cohorts.

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Authors: Lahey, Joanna N.; Costa, Dora L.

Periodical (Full): Journal of the European Economic Association

Issue: 2

Volume: 3

Pages: 487-493

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement

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