Age reporting among white Americans aged 85
Results of a record linkage study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10968680 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Hill (0000-0003-4607-3806, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Mark E Hill (0000-0001-9203-9428, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania), H Preston (0000-0001-7038-9689, University City Science Center), Samuel H Preston (Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania), Ira Rosenwaike (Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-186 |
| Publication date | 2000-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2648119 |
| PMID | 10836175 |
| OpenAlex | W2060651198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 20 |
This study investigates age reporting on the death certificates of older white Americans. We link a sample of death certificates for native-born whites aged 85+ in 1985 to Social Security Administration records and to records of the U.S. censuses of 1900, 1910, and 1920. When ages in these sources are compared, inconsistencies are found to be minimal, even beyond age 95. Results show little distortion and no systematic biases in the reported age distribution of deaths. To explore the effect of age misreporting on old-age mortality, we estimate “corrected” age-specific death rates by the extinct-generation method for the U.S. white cohort born in 1885. With few exceptions, corrected and uncorrected rates in single years differ by less than 3% and are not systematically biased. When we compare corrected rates with those for the same birth cohort in France, Japan, and Sweden, we find that white American mortality at older ages is exceptionally low
Cohort · Cohort effect · Cohort study · Population · Record linkage · White (mutation · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Medicine · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2022 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |