TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality inequality in Canada and the United States
T2 - Divergent or convergent trends?
AU - Baker, Michael
AU - Currie, Janet
AU - Schwandt, Hannes
N1 - Funding Information:
cial support from the Canada Research Chairs program and the Princeton Center for Translational Research on Aging (2P30AG024928) is gratefully acknowledged. Much of the analysis for this paper was conducted at the Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre, which is part of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN). The services and activities provided by the CRDCN are made possible by the financial or in-kind support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Statistics Canada, and participating universities whose support is gratefully acknowledged. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily represent those of the CRDCN or its partners. Contact the corresponding author, Janet Currie, at jcurrie@princeton.edu. Information concerning access to the data used in this paper is available as supplemental material online.
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PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Mortality is a crucial indicator of well-being, and recent mortality trends have been a subject of public debate in many Western countries. This paper compares mortality inequality in Canada and the United States over the period 1990/91 through 2010/11. In Canada, mortality inequality remained constant among the youngest but increased for men over 24 and women over 14. In contrast, in the United States, mortality inequality fell for children and youth and either modestly increased or held steady at older ages. By 2010/11, the initially higher US rates of infant and child mortality had almost converged to their Canadian counterparts.
AB - Mortality is a crucial indicator of well-being, and recent mortality trends have been a subject of public debate in many Western countries. This paper compares mortality inequality in Canada and the United States over the period 1990/91 through 2010/11. In Canada, mortality inequality remained constant among the youngest but increased for men over 24 and women over 14. In contrast, in the United States, mortality inequality fell for children and youth and either modestly increased or held steady at older ages. By 2010/11, the initially higher US rates of infant and child mortality had almost converged to their Canadian counterparts.
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U2 - 10.1086/703259
DO - 10.1086/703259
M3 - Article
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SN - 0734-306X
VL - 37
SP - S325-S353
JO - Journal of Labor Economics
JF - Journal of Labor Economics
IS - S2
ER -