TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rau, Roland
A1  - Muszyńska-Spielauer, Magdalena
A1  - Eilers, Paul
T1  - Minor gradient in mortality by education at the highest ages: An application of the Extinct-Cohort method
Y1  - 2013/09/17
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 507
EP  - 520
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.19
VL  - 29
IS  - 19
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol29/19/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol29/19/29-19.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol29/19/29-19.pdf
N2  - Background: Socioeconomic mortality differentials are known to exist almost universally. Many studies show a trend towards convergence with increasing age. Information about the highest ages is very rare, though. 

Objective: We want to find out whether socioeconomic factors determine the chance of death in the United States among the oldest people. 

Methods: Based on official death count records, we employ the extinct cohort method to estimate the age-specific probability of dying by level of education. 

Results: We present evidence that socioeconomic differentials in mortality exist even at the highest ages (95+), although the gap is small. 

Comments: To our knowledge, this is the first population-based study to analyze socioeconomic mortality differentials at ages 95 and higher. We present, furthermore, a novel field of application for the extinct cohort method.
 

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