TY  - GEN
T1  - Racial and ethnic differences in the health of older Americans
A2  - Martin, Linda G., 1947-
A2  - Soldo, Beth J.
LA  - English
PP  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academy Press
YR  - 1997
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm42854422
AB  - Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, strong differences persist, both in life expectancy and in the causes of disability and death at older ages. This volume examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups.
AB  - The determinants of these trends and differences are also investigated, including differences in access to health care and experiences in early life, diet, health behaviors, genetic background, social class, wealth and income. Groups often neglected in analyses of national data, such as the elderly Hispanics and Asian Americans of different origin and immigrant generations, are compared. The volume provides understanding of research bearing on the health status and survival of the fastest-growing segment of the American population.
OP  - 300
NO  - Revised versions of some of the papers originally presented at a workshop held Dec. 1994 in Washington.
CN  - RA408.M54 R33 1997eb
SN  - 0585030138
SN  - 9780585030135
SN  - 1280192291
SN  - 9781280192296
SN  - 9786610192298
SN  - 6610192294
SN  - 0309553067
SN  - 9780309553063
SN  - 9780309175562
SN  - 0309175569
SN  - 0309054893
SN  - 9780309054898
KW  - Minority older people : Health and hygiene : United States.
KW  - Minority older people : Diseases : United States.
KW  - Older people.
KW  - Race.
KW  - Ethnic groups.
KW  - Aged
KW  - Health Status
KW  - Racial Groups
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - United States
KW  - Personnes âgées issues des minorités : Santé et hygiène : États-Unis.
KW  - Personnes âgées issues des minorités : Maladies : États-Unis.
KW  - Personnes âgées.
KW  - Groupes ethniques.
KW  - elderly.
KW  - ethnic groups.
KW  - race (group of people)
KW  - MEDICAL : Preventive Medicine.
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Healthy Living.
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Reference.
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Holism.
KW  - Race
KW  - Older people
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - Gezondheid.
KW  - Ouderen.
KW  - Etnische minderheden.
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Congress
KW  - proceedings (reports)
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings.
KW  - Actes de congrès.
ER  -