Rainwater, Elizabeth Working paper no. 2005-05 Abstract There is a persistent relationship between early socioeconomic status and morbidity and mortality that is well documented in the literature. In this thesis, I explore two of the …
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Looks that Kill: Predicting Adult Health and Mortality from Adolescent Facial Characteristics in Yearbook Photographs
Reither, Erin, Robert Hauser, and Karen Swallen Working paper no. 2006-11 Abstract Some of the richest longitudinal studies in the social sciences did not, at their outset, gather biomarkers that are routinely recorded today—including the …
Obesity and the Loss of Life: A Comparison between the US and Mexico
Monteverde, Malena, Beatriz Novak, Kenya Noronha, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2007-12 Abstract High and increasing levels of obesity in the US and Mexico could compromise future gains in life expectancy for these populations. …
Spouses’ Effectiveness as End-of-Life Health Care Surrogates: Accuracy, Uncertainty, and Errors of Overtreatment or Undertreatment
Moorman, Sara, and Deborah Carr Working paper no. 2007-19 Abstract Purpose: We document the extent to which older adults accurately report their spouses’ end-of-life treatment preferences, in the hypothetical scenarios of terminal illness with severe …
The Differential Impact of Mortality of American Troops in the Iraq War: The Non-Metropolitan Dimension
Curtis, Katherine, Collin F. Payne, and Jennifer Huck Working paper no. 2008-08
Recent US Trends in Body Weight and Mortality: Using Weight at Age 25
Yu, Yan Working paper no. 2008-17 Abstract The expanding waistlines of the American population have stirred immense research and public interest in how secular changes in body weight affect population health. Big controversies and gaps …
Re-Examining the Age Effect on the Weight-Mortality Relationship: Age of Death, Age of Weight and Cohort Effect
Yu, Yan Working paper no. 2008-18 Abstract The majority of US adults are overweight or obese. Contemporary cohorts have been gaining weight continuously well up to the oldest ages. The negative health consequences of excess …
Roadblocks for Sustained Improvements in Life Expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Palloni, Alberto, Kenya Noronha, and Mary McEniry Working paper no. 2009-02 Abstract Future life expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean could be compromised. Older people attaining age 60 after the years 1990-2000 are scarred …
Infant Mortality during the 1920s-1940s in Puerto Rico and the Health of Older Puerto Rican Adults
McEniry, Mary Working paper no. 2009-03 Abstract Infant mortality at birth may help illuminate the usefulness of season of birth as an indicator of early life exposures. We obtained data for infant mortality rates (IMR) …
Mortality Decline in the Twentieth Century, Early Life Conditions and the Health of Aging Populations in the Developing World
McEniry, Mary Working paper no. 2009-04 Abstract The dramatic mortality decline of the 1930s-1960s may shed light on the importance of early life conditions for older adult health in the developing world. We collected historical …