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The Committee on Population (CPOP) and the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) will be conducting a consensus study on the topic of rising midlife mortality rates and socioeconomic disparities. The study committee will produce an authoritative and comprehensive report that will identify the key drivers of rising mid-life mortality rates and associated widening social differentials, identify modifiable factors that might alleviate poor health, identify key knowledge gaps and make recommendations for future research and data collection, and discuss implications for public policy.
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High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults
Consensus Study Report
·2021
The past century has witnessed remarkable advances in life expectancy in the United States and throughout the world. In 2010, however, progress in life expectancy in the United States began to stall, despite continuing to increase in other high-income countries. Alarmingly, U.S. life expectancy fell...
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U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Testimony: Addressing Disparities in Life Expectancy
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“Rising Working-age Mortality in the United States,” Population and Development Review
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"High and Rising Working-Age Mortality in the US," Journal of the American Medical Association
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