Open AccessLinks Between Mortality and Socioeconomic Characteristics, Disease Burden, and Biological and Physical Functioning in the Aging Chinese Population
Author(s) -
Yuan S Zhang,
John Strauss,
Peifeng Hu,
Yaohui Zhao,
Eileen M. Crimmins
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbab059
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , gerontology , context (archaeology) , medicine , demography , epidemiology , epidemiological transition , disease , population , life expectancy , residence , environmental health , geography , archaeology , pathology , sociology
Determinants of mortality may depend on the time and place where they are examined. China provides an important context in which to study the determinants of mortality at older ages because of its unique social, economic, and epidemiological circumstances. This study uses a nationally representative sample of persons in China to determine how socioeconomic characteristics, early-life conditions, biological and physical functioning, and disease burden predict 4-year mortality after age 60.