Session 20: Death: Trends, Distributions, Inequality

Thursday, March 30 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Beaudry A Lobby Level

1.	A Decomposition of Life Expectancy Levels and Trends  •  John Bongaarts, Population Council

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Ten Years after Kannisto: Further Evidence for Mortality Decline at Advanced Ages in Developed Countries  •  Roland Rau, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Eugeny Soroko, Russian Academy of Sciences; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

3.	What Can Be Learnt by Studying the Adult Modal Age at Death?  •  Jean-Marie Robine, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM); Siu Lan Karen Cheung, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) and Demographie et Sante

4.	One Hundred Years of US Racial Inequalities in Mortality: A Decomposition of the Distribution of Deaths by Age Group, 1900-1999  •  Margaret M. Weden, University of Wisconsin at Madison

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