Racial and ethnic differences in the health of older Americans /
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 a...
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1997.
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Obsah:
- Racial and ethnic differences in mortality at older ages / Irma T. Elo and Samuel H. Preston
- Health and disability differences among racial and ethnic groups / Kenneth G. Manton and Eric Stallard
- Race, socioeconomic status, and health in late life / James P. Smith and Raynard S. Kington
- How health behaviors and the social environment contribute to health differences between Black and white older Americans / Lisa F. Berkman and Jewel M. Mullen
- Black-white differences in the use of medical care by the elderly : a contemporary analysis / José J. Escarce and Frank W. Puffer
- Are genetic factors involved in racial and ethnic differences in late-life health? / James V. Neel
- Differences in rates of dementia between ethno-racial groups / Barry Gurland [and others]
- Cardiovascular disease among elderly Asian Americans / Dwayne Reed and Katsukiko Yano
- Health status of Hispanic elderly / Kyriakos S. Markides [and others].