Early-life conditions and adult mortality decline in Dutch cohorts born 1812–1921
Mounting evidence suggests that early-life conditions have an enduring effect on an individual’s mortality risks as an adult. The contribution of improvements in early-life conditions to the overall decline in adult mortality, however, remains a debated issue. We provide an estimate of the contribution of improvements in early-life conditions to mortality decline after age 30 in Dutch cohorts born between 1812 and 1921. We used two proxies for early-life conditions: median height and early-childhood mortality. We estimate that improvements in early-life conditions contributed more than five ye... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Schellekens , J & van Poppel , F W A 2016 , ' Early-life conditions and adult mortality decline in Dutch cohorts born 1812–1921 ' , Population Studies: a journal of demography , vol. 70 , no. 3 , pp. 327-343 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2016.1223336 |
Schlagwörter: | adult mortality / early-life conditions / height / infant mortality / early-childhood mortality / SSCI |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28586999 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/b4696f7b-20d9-439a-b5e1-abc762680a30 |
Mounting evidence suggests that early-life conditions have an enduring effect on an individual’s mortality risks as an adult. The contribution of improvements in early-life conditions to the overall decline in adult mortality, however, remains a debated issue. We provide an estimate of the contribution of improvements in early-life conditions to mortality decline after age 30 in Dutch cohorts born between 1812 and 1921. We used two proxies for early-life conditions: median height and early-childhood mortality. We estimate that improvements in early-life conditions contributed more than five years or about a third to the rise in women’s life expectancy at age 30. Improvements in early-life conditions contributed almost three years or more than a quarter to the rise in men’s life expectancy at age 30. Height appears to be the more important of the two proxies for early-life conditions.