Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans - Softcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On Population

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309054893 ISBN 13: 9780309054898

Verlag: National Academies Press, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, strong differences persist, both in life expectancy and in the causes of disability and death at older ages. This book examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups.
The determinants of these trends and differences are also investigated, including differences in access to health care and experiences in early life, diet, health behaviors, genetic background, social class, wealth and income. Groups often neglected in analyses of national data, such as the elderly Hispanic and Asian Americans of different origin and immigrant generations, are compared. The volume provides understanding of research bearing on the health status and survival of the fastest-growing segment of the American population.

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Linda G. Martin and Beth J. Soldo, Editors; Committee on Population, National Research Council

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Book by Committee on Population National Research Council

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• Verlag: National Academies Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0309054893
• ISBN 13: 9780309054898
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312
• Herausgeber: Soldo Beth J., Martin Linda G.