Black-white differences in mortality compression and deceleration and the mortality crossover reconsidered

Research on Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 456-483

  Lynch, Scott M ^a   Brown, J Scott ^b   Harmsen, Katherine G ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Mortality crossover; Mortality demography; Population heterogeneity; Race differences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0041566735     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503254675     Document Type: Article

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