Volume 29 - Article 19 | Pages 507–520
Minor gradient in mortality by education at the highest ages: An application of the Extinct-Cohort method
| Date received: | 28 Mar 2013 |
| Date published: | 17 Sep 2013 |
| Word count: | 1900 |
| Keywords: | extinct cohort, oldest old mortality, socioeconomic differentials |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.19 |
Abstract
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.
Author's Affiliation
Roland Rau - Universität Rostock, Germany
Magdalena Muszyńska-Spielauer - Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna), Austria
Paul Eilers - Erasmus University Medical Center, the Netherlands
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