Tag: life expectancy
Average lifespans continue to rise, but surveys indicate that Americans don’t feel healthier. I often say that Americans are getting healthier and living longer. The living-longer part I am sure about. Life expectancy for men at 65 increased from 15.9 to 18.3 years between the 2000 and 2014 report issued by the Social Security Trustees.&nbs…
Abstract This analysis uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the sources of variation in mortality for individuals of varying socio-economic status. The use of the HRS allows a distinction between education and a measure of career earnings as primary determinants of socio-economic status for men and women separately. We us…
