African-American mortality at older ages: results of a matching study.

A study was conducted to establish accurate ages at death for the African-American population at advanced ages. A sample of death certificates of persons aged 65 and over in 1985 was linked to records for the same individuals in U.S. censuses of 1900, 1910, and 1920 and to records of the Social Sec...

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Publicado en:	Demography Vol. 33; pp. 193 - 210
Autores principales:	Preston, Samuel H., Elo, Irma T., Rosenwaike, Ira
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. May 1996
Materias:	United States. Social Security Administration Racial differences Older Black people Mortality Statistics on mortality of older people Statistics Demography methodology Vital records (Births, deaths, etc.) United States census
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