The Birthday-Deathday Effect
Fact or Artifact
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 13629692 |
|---|---|
| Autores | John B Wood (0000-0002-6729-8978, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County Center, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1987 |
| Volumen | 17 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 321-326 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/hqj2-42ef-8f26-7pnc |
| OpenAlex | W2015047140 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 8 |
The relationship between birthday and deathday has been called an artifact due to the continuous depletion of the population with age. However, while the population decreases with age, the death rate increases. These two influences cancel each other at ages seventy-five to eighty-four. The decreasing population dominates at older ages, but the situation is reversed at younger ages. The results account for no more than one-third of the size of the large-sample effects observed among the elderly. There is still a 33 percent excess of deaths resulting from heart disease among married people ages seventy-five and older in the three-day period centered at the birthday
Age groups · Artifact (error · Population · Sociology · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
Ceremonial occasions and mortality
Ceremonial occasions and mortality
Ceremonial occasions and mortality
Birthdays and Time of Death
On the Relationship between Significant Yearly Events and Time of Death
A Time to Die
Relationship between month of birth and month of death in the elderly
A Dip in Deaths Before Ceremonial Occasions
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
|---|---|
| Altamente citado | No |