“Mortality in the United States, 2021,” by Jiaquan Xu, Sherry L. Murphy, Kenneth D. Kochanek, and Elizabeth Arias (Data Brief No. 456, December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
December 23, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – December 23, 2022
December 22, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – December 22, 2022
– Canada revised and updated through 2020 (December 14, 2022).
Data access:
December 7, 2022
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – December 7, 2022
“Association of Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare With 30-Day Mortality Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction,” by Bruce E. Landon, Timothy S. Anderson, Vilsa E. Curto, Peter Cram, Christina Fu, Gabe Weinreb, Alan M. Zaslavsky, and John Z. Ayanian (Vol. 328, No. 21, December 6, 2022, p. 2126-2135).
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – December 7, 2022
– Australia revised and updated through 2020 (November 29, 2022).
Data access:
December 2, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Briefs – December 2, 2022
A. “Drug Overdose Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000–2020,” by Ellen A. Kramarow and Betzaida Tejada-Vera (Data Brief No. 455, November 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db455.htm
B. “Unintentional Fall Deaths Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2020,” by Matthew F. Garnett, Julie D. Weeks, and Merianne Rose Spencer (Data Brief No. 449, November 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db449.htm
C. “Alcohol-induced Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2019 and 2020,” by Ellen A. Kramarow and Betzaida Tejada-Vera (Health E-Stat, November 2022, .pdf format, 4p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/alcohol/alcohol-deaths-2020.pdf
November 9, 2022
CAAR – Tables of Contents – November 9, 2022
Educational Gerontology (Vol. 48, No. 12, 2022).
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uedg20/48/12?nav=tocList
Health Affairs (Vol. 41, No. 11, November 2022).
www.healthaffairs.org/toc/hlthaff/41/11
Journal of Population Aging (Vol. 15, No. 3, September 2022).
November 2, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – November 2, 2022
“COVID-19 Mortality by Usual Occupation and Industry: 46 States and New York City, United States, 2020,” by Rachael M. Billock, Andrea L. Steege, and Arialdi Miniño (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 71, No. 6, October 2022, .pdf format, 32p.).
November 1, 2022
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – November 1, 2022
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “Understanding Geographic Disparities in Mortality,” by Jason Fletcher, Hans G. Schwarz, Michal Engelman, Norman Johnson, Jahn Hakes & Alberto Palloni (w30572, October 2022, .pdf format, 42p.).
October 26, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – October 26, 2022
“COVID-19 Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 2020,” by Sally C. Curtin and Melonie Heron (NCHS Data Brief No. 447, October 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
October 19, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – October 19, 2022
“COVID-19 Mortality in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2020,” by Betzaida Tejada-Vera and Ellen A. Kramarow (Data Brief No. 446, October 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
October 17, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – October 17, 2022
– Hong Kong revised and updated through 2020 (September 29, 2022).
– Bulgaria revised and updated through 2021 (September 15, 2022).
Data access:
October 10, 2022
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – October 10, 2022
“Deaths Among Older Adults Due to COVID-19 Jumped During the Summer of 2022 Before Falling Somewhat in September,” by Meredith Freed, Tricia Neuman, Jennifer Kates, and Juliette Cubanski (October 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
September 29, 2022
CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Papers – September 29, 2022
A. “The Effect of Removing Early Retirement on Mortality,” by Cristina Bellés Obrero, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, and Han Ye (IZA Discussion Paper No. 15577, September 2022, .pdf format, 39p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
www.iza.org/publications/dp/15577/the-effect-of-removing-early-retirement-on-mortality
B. “A Field Study of Age Discrimination in the Workplace: The Importance of Gender and Race. Pay the Gap,” by Nick Drydakis, Anna Paraskevopoulou, and Vasiliki Bozani (IZA Discussion Paper No. 15567, September 2022, .pdf format, 33p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
September 27, 2022
CAAR – World Health Organization Mortality Database Update – September 27, 2022
WHO updated the following files in (.zipped compressed ASCII format, with documentation in .pdf, Word or Microsoft Excel format) it’s Mortality Database on September 1, 2022: Documentation, Availability, Notes, Population and live births, and Mortality ICD-10 (this file comes in five parts).
www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database
September 23, 2022
CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Article – September 23, 2022
“Excess deaths in England and Wales: March 2020 to June 2022,” (September 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 18p.).
September 7, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – September 7, 2022
– France (Total & Civilian) revised and updated through 2020 (August 12, 2022).
Data access:
September 1, 2022
CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Papers – September 1, 2022
A. “Will Survivors of the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Have Lower Mortality?” by Gal Wettstein, Nilufer Gok, Anqi Chen and Alicia H. Munnell (WP No. 2022-10, August 2022, .pdf and Excel format, 26p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
B. “A Framework for Evaluating the Adequacy of Disability Benefit Programs and Its Application to U.S. Social Security Disability,” by Zachary A. Morris (WP No. 2022-8, August 2022, .pdf format, 23p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
C. “Understanding the Increased Financial Hardship Experienced by Older Adults with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” by Zachary A. Morris (WP No. 2022-9, August 2022, .pdf format, 18p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
August 30, 2022
CAAR – Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences Article Abstracts – August 30, 2022
A. “Leisure-time sedentary behaviors are differentially associated with all-cause dementia regardless of engagement in physical activity,” by David A. Raichlen, Yann C. Klimentidis, M. Katherine Sayre, Pradyumna K. Bharadwaj, Mark H. C. Lai, Rand R. Wilcox, and Gene E. Alexander (Vol. 119, No. 35, August 30, 2022, e2206931119).
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2206931119
B. “Significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on race/ethnic differences in US mortality,” by José Manuel Aburto, Andrea M. Tilstra, Ginevra Floridi, and Jennifer Beam Dowd (Vol. 119, No. 35, August 30, 2022, e2205813119).
August 25, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – August 25, 2022
“U.S. State Life Tables, 2020,” by Elizabeth Arias, Jiaquan Xu, Betzaida Tejada-Vera, Sherry L. Murphy, and Brigham Bastian (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 71, No. 2, August 2022, .pdf format, 17p.).
August 22, 2022
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – August 22, 2022
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Where Have All the Workers Gone? Recalls, Retirements, and Reallocation in the COVID Recovery,” by Eliza Forsythe, Lisa B. Kahn, Fabian Lange & David G. Wiczer (w30387, August 2022, .pdf format, 38p.).
B. “Capacity Strain and Racial Disparities in Hospital Mortality,” by Manasvini Singh & Atheendar Venkataramani (w30380, August 2022, .pdf format, 48p.).
August 19, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – August 19, 2022
– Portugal revised and updated through 2021 (August 11, 2022).
– Switzerland revised and updated through 2021 (August 11, 2022).
Data access:
August 9, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – August 9, 2022
“United States Life Tables, 2020,” by Elizabeth Arias and Jiaquan Xu (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 71, No. 1, August 2022, .pdf format, 63p.).
August 8, 2022
CAAR – Central Statistics Office/An Phriomh-Oifig Staidrimh [Ireland] Brief – August 8, 2022
“Deaths from COVID-19 by Location and Age Groups March 2020-February 2022,” (August 2022, HTML format).
August 5, 2022
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – August 5, 2022
“Factors associated with mortality of the elderly due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions, between 2008 and 2018, in the Federal District, Brazil,” by Geraldo Marques da Costa, Mauro Niskier Sanchez, and Helena Eri Shimizu (PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272650. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272650, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272650
July 26, 2022
CAAR – Demographic Research Article – July 26, 2022
“Leveraging deep neural networks to estimate age-specific mortality from life expectancy at birth,” by Andrea Nigri, Susanna Levantesi, and Josè Manuel Aburto (Vol. 47, No. 8, July 2022, .pdf format, p. 199-232).
July 21, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – July 21, 2022
– Republic of Korea revised and updated through 2020 (July 20, 2022).
Data access:
July 14, 2022
CAAR – Science Article Abstract – July 14, 2022
“Hematopoietic loss of Y chromosome leads to cardiac fibrosis and heart failure mortality,” by Soichi Sanokeita, Horitani, Hayato Ogawajonatan Halvardson, Bicholas W. Chavkin, Ying Wang, Miho Sano, Jonas Mattisson, Atsushi Hata, Marcus Danielsson, Emiri Miura-Yura, Ammar Zaghlool, Megan A. Evans, Tove Fall, Henry N. De Hoyos, Johan Sundström, Yoshimitsu Yura, Anupreet Kour, Yohei Arai, Mark C. Thel, Yuka Arai, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, Karen K. Hirschi, Lars A. Forsberg, and Kenneth Walsh (Vol. 377, No. 6603, July 14, 2022, p. 292-297).
June 13, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – June 13, 2022
– Ireland revised and updated through 2020 (June 12, 2022)
– Finland revised and updated through 2021 (June 9, 2022)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
June 9, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – June 9, 2022
– New Zealand national population, revised and updated through 2021 (June 7, 2022)
– Total Germany, East Germany, and West Germany revised and updated through 2020 (June 7, 2022)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
June 7, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – June 7, 2022
– Iceland revised and updated through 2020 (June 1, 2022)
– USA revised and updated through 2020 (June 1, 2022)
– Bulgaria revised and updated through 2020 (June 1, 2022)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
June 2, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – June 2, 2022
– UK countries: England & Wales (Civic & Total), Northern Ireland, Scotland, revised and updated through 2020 (May 27, 2022).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
May 20, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – May 20, 2022
– Sweden revised and updated through 2021 (May 12, 2022).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
April 22, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – April 22, 2022
– Chile revised and updated through 2020 (April 13, 2022).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
April 13, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – April 13, 2022
– Italy revised and updated through 2019 (April 12, 2022).
– France (Total & Civilian) revised and updated through 2019 (April 11, 2022).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
April 6, 2022
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – April 6, 2022
“Falls in older Australians 2019–20: hospitalisations and deaths among people aged 65 and over,” (April 2022, .pdf and HTML format).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/falls-in-older-australians-2019-20-hospitalisation/contents/about
March 30, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – March 30, 2022
– Denmark revised and updated through 2021 (March 24, 2022).
– Australia revised and updated through 2019 (March 24, 2022)..
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
March 24, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – March 24, 2022
“United States Life Tables, 2019,” by Elizabeth Arias and Jiaquan Xu (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 70, No. 19, March 2022, .pdf format, 58p.).
March 9, 2022
CAAR -Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – March 9, 2022
“Association of Tropical Cyclones With County-Level Mortality in the US,” by Robbie M. Parks, Jaime Benavides, G. Brooke Anderson, Rachel C. Nethery, Ana Navas-Acien, Francesca Dominici, Majid Ezzati, and Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou (Vol. 327, No. 10, March 8, 2022, p. 946-955).
March 3, 2022
CAAR – Demographic Research Article – March 3, 2022
“Divergent trends in lifespan variation during mortality crises,” by Serena Vigezzi, José Manuel Aburto, Iñaki Permanyer, and Virginia Zarulli (Vol. 46, Article 11, February 2022, .pdf format, p. 291-336).
February 25, 2022
CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – February 25, 2022
“Nursing Homes and Mortality in Europe: Uncertain Causality,” by Xavier Flawinne, Mathieu Lefebvre, Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau, and Jerome Schoenmaeckers (CESifo Working Paper No. 9572, February 2022, .pdf format, 21p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – February 25, 2022
– Lithuania revised and updated through 2020 (February 23, 2022).
– Spain revised and updated through 2020 (February 23, 2022).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
February 22, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – February 22, 2022
“U.S. State Life Tables, 2019,” by Elizabeth Arias, Jiaquan Xu,Betzaida, Tejada-Vera, and Brigham Bastian (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 70, No. 18, February 2022, .pdf format, 18p.).
CAAR – World Health Organization Mortality Database Update – February 22, 2022
WHO updated the following files in (.zipped compressed ASCII format, with documentation in .pdf, Word or Microsoft Excel format) it’s Mortality Database on February 15, 2022 and February 18, 2022: Documentation, Availability, Notes, Population and live births, and Mortality ICD-10 (this file comes in two parts).
www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database
February 9, 2022
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – February 9, 2022
“Why we should monitor disparities in old-age mortality with the modal age at death,” by Viorela Diaconu, Alyson van Raalte, and Pekka Martikainen (PLoS ONE 17(2): e0263626. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263626, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263626
January 26, 2022
CAAR – Pension Institute [UK] Working Paper – January 26, 2022
“Projecting Mortality Rates to Extreme Old Age with the CBDX Model,” by Kevin Dowd and David Blake (Discussion Paper 2204, January 2022, .pdf format, 13p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
www.pensions-institute.org/uncategorized/discussion-paper-2204/
Full text:
January 24, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – January 24, 2022
– Luxembourg revised and updated through 2020 (January 21, 2022).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
January 13, 2022
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – January 13, 2022
– Japan revised and updated through 2020 (January 10, 2022).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
December 27, 2021
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – December 27, 2021
“Mortality in the United States, 2020,” by Sherry L. Murphy, Kenneth D. Kochanek, Jiaquan Xu, and Elizabeth Arias (Data Brief No. 427, December 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
December 21, 2021
CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – December 21, 2021
– Croatia revised and updated through 2020 (December 16, 2021).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
December 13, 2021
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – December 13, 2021
“State Declines in Heart Disease Mortality in the United States, 2000–2019,” by Anthony Sawyer and Lee Anne Flagg (Data Brief No. 425, December 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).