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Illness, Not Age, Is the Leveler of Social Mortality Differences in Old Age

Author(s) -

Rasmus Hoffmann

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbr014

Subject(s) - demography , socioeconomic status , mortality rate , percentile , medicine , proxy (statistics) , age groups , gerontology , population , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , sociology , computer science

Although mortality differences between groups of different socioeconomic status (SES) are known to decrease at higher age, the reasons for this are unknown. This study reviews the existing arguments for convergence versus divergence of SES mortality differences in old age, differentiates between increasing age and worsening health, and discusses explanations for the observed convergence.

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