Aging in America in the twenty-first century: Demographic forecasts from the MacArthur foundation research network on an aging society

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 842-862

  Olshansky, S Jay ^a   Goldman, Dana P ^b   Zheng, Yuhui ^c   Rowe, John W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Demography; Life expectancy; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MACARTHUR FOUNDATION RESEARCH NETWORK; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 72449140174     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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