October 11, 2018
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A. “Happiness at Different Ages: The Social Context Matters,” by John F. Helliwell, Max B. Norton, Haifang Huang, and Shun Wang (w25121, October 2018, .pdf format, 36p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25121
B. “Navigating Complex Financial Decisions at Retirement: Evidence from Annuity Choices in Public Sector Pensions,” by Robert L. Clark, Robert G. Hammond, and David Vanderweide (w25129, October 2018, .pdf format, 34p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25129
C. “Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality,” by Andreas Kuhn, Stefan Staubli, Jean-Philippe Wuellrich, and Josef Zweimüller (w25124, October 2018, .pdf format, 42p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25124
D. “How Will Persistent Low Expected Returns Shape Household Economic Behavior?” by Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell (w25133, October 2018, .pdf format, 20p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25133
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– Spain revised and updated through 2016 (October 5, 2018)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
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October 5, 2018
“Multigenerational socioeconomic attainments and mortality among older men: An adjacent generations approach,” by Joseph Wolfe, Shawn Bauldry, Melissa Hardy, and Eliza K. Pavalko (Vol. 39, Article 26, October 2018, .pdf format, p. 719-752).
www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol39/26/
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A. “How Does Delayed Retirement Affect Mortality and Health?” by Alice Zulkarnain and Matthew S. Rutledge (WP No. 2018-11, October 2018, .pdf and Excel format, 47p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
How Does Delayed Retirement Affect Mortality and Health?
B. “How Have Automation and Trade Affected the Taxable Share of Covered Earnings?” by Gal Wettstein, Matthew S. Rutledge, and Wenliang Hou (WP No. 2018-10, October 2018, .pdf and Excel format, 34p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
How Have Automation and Trade Affected the Taxable Share of Covered Earnings?
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– Latvia revised and updated through 2017
– Estonia revised and updated through 2017
– Lithuania revised and updated through 2017
– Hungary revised and updated through 2017
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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www.mortality.org/
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October 1, 2018
A. “Causes of Death, Australia, 2017,” (September 2018, Excel and HTML format).
www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/3303.0Main+Features12017?OpenDocument
B. “Deaths, Australia, 2017,” (September 2018, Excel and HTML format).
www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3302.0?OpenDocument
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September 26, 2018
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September 20, 2018
“Health, United States, 2017,” (September 2018, .pdf format, 75p.). Note: This years edition contains a special feature on mortality.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/
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September 17, 2018
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A. “Understanding Joint Retirement,” by Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest, and Luc Bissonnette (w25030, September 2018, .pdf format, 45p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25030
B. “The Long-Term Consequences of Having Fewer Children in Old Age: Evidence from China’s “Later, Longer, Fewer” Campaign,” by Yi Chen and Hanming Fang (w25041, September 2018, .pdf format, 53p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25041
C. “Mortality Risk, Insurance, and the Value of Life,” by Daniel Bauer, Darius Lakdawalla, Julian Reif (w25055, September 2018, .pdf format, 53p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25055
D. “Biology Meets Behavior in a Clinical Trial: Two Relationships Between Mortality and Mammogram Receipt,” by Amanda E. Kowalski (w25049, Setpember 2018, .pdf format, 28p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25049
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September 10, 2018
– Austria revised and updated through 2017 (September 5, 2018)
– Poland revised and updated through 2016 (September 5, 2018)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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September 4, 2018
“How Is the Mortality Gap Affecting Social Security Progressivity?” by Matthew S. Rutledge (IB No. 18-16, September 2018, .pdf format, 6p.).
How Is the Mortality Gap Affecting Social Security Progressivity?
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August 30, 2018
– France (Total & Civilian) revised and updated through 2016 (August 27, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
www.mortality.org/
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August 28, 2018
“Disability And Death Probability Tables For Insured Workers Born In 1998,” by Johanna Maleh and Tiffany Bosley (Actuarial Note. 2018.6, August 2018, .pdf format, 6p.).
www.ssa.gov/OACT/NOTES/ran6/an2018-6.pdf
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August 15, 2018
A. “New Evidence on the Impacts of Early Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Old-Age Mortality: A Research Note,” by Jason M. Fletcher (Discussion Paper No. 11715, July 2018, .pdf format, 9p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.iza.org/publications/dp/11715
B. “Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method,” by Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Min Su, Xiao Wang, Dan Li, Dan Wang, Shuyi He, Zihan Hong, and Xi Chen (Discussion Paper No. 11715, July 2018, .pdf format, 20p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.iza.org/publications/dp/11708
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August 7, 2018
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July 26, 2018
A. “Deaths: Leading Causes for 2016,” by Melonie Heron (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 67, No. 6, July 2018, .pdf format, 76p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_06.pdf
B. “Deaths: Final Data for 2016,” by Jiaquan Xu, Sherry L. Murphy, Kenneth D. Kochanek, Brigham Bastian, and Elizabeth Arias (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 67, No. 5, July 2018, .pdf format, 75p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_05.pdf
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July 18, 2018
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A. “Financial Fraud among Older Americans: Evidence and Implications,” by Marguerite DeLiema, Martha Deevy, Annamaria Lusardi, and Olivia S. Mitchell (w24803, July 2018, .pdf format, 20p.).
papers.nber.org/papers/w24803
B. “Does When You Die Depend on Where You Live? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina,” by Tatyana Deryugina and David Molitor (w24822, July 2018, .pdf format, 49p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24822
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July 17, 2018
– Korea (2003-2016) added as a new country (July 16, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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www.mortality.org/
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July 12, 2018
“Cognitive frailty predicting all-cause mortality among community-living older adults in Taiwan: A 4-year nationwide population-based cohort study,” by Wei-Ju Lee, Li-Ning Peng, Chih-Kuang Liang, Ching-Hui Loh, and Liang-Kung Chen (PLoS ONE 13(7): e0200447. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200447, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0200447
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June 28, 2018
A. “The plateau of human mortality: Demography of longevity pioneers,” by Elisabetta Barbi, Francesco Lagona, Marco Marsili, James W. Vaupel, and Kenneth W. Wachter (Vol. 360, No. 6396, June 29, 2018, p. 1459-1461).
science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6396/1459
B. “Predictive modeling of U.S. health care spending in late life,” by Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Ziad Obermeyer (Vol. 360, No. 6396, June 29, 2018, p. 1462-1465).
science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6396/1462
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June 21, 2018
“Time-varying effects of socio-demographic and economic factors on the use of institutional long-term care before dementia-related death: A Finnish register-based study,” by Kaarina Korhonen, Elina Einiö, Taina Leinonen, Lasse Tarkiainen, and Pekka Martikainen (PLoS ONE 13(6): e0199551. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199551, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0199551
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June 19, 2018
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June 8, 2018
“Revisiting the association of blood pressure with mortality in oldest old people in China: community based, longitudinal prospective study,” by Yue-Bin Lv, Xiang Gao, Zhao-Xue Yin, Hua-Shuai Chen, Jie-Si Luo, Melanie Sereny Brasher, Virginia Byers Kraus, Tian-Tian Li, Yi Zeng, and Xiao-Ming Shi (Vol. 361, No. 8156, June 9, 2018, BMJ 2018;361:k2158).
www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2158
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June 4, 2018
“Adequate life-expectancy reconstruction for adult human mortality data,” by Laszlo Nemeth and Trifon I. Missov (PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198485. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198485, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0198485
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May 30, 2018
– Switzerland revised and updated through 2016 (May 25, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
www.mortality.org/
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May 24, 2018
– USA revised and updated through 2016 (May 23, 2018).
– Croatia revised and updated through 2016 (May 23, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
www.mortality.org/
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May 21, 2018
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A. “Pauvreté, Egalité, Mortalité: Mortality (In)Equality in France and the United States,” by Janet Currie, Hannes Schwandt, and Josselin Thuilliez (w24623, May 2018, .pdf format, 46p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24623
B. “Changes in Nutrient Intake at Retirement,” by Melvin Stephens Jr. and Desmond Toohey (w24621, May 2018, .pdf format, 47p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24621
C. “Early Social Security Claiming and Old-Age Poverty: Evidence from the Introduction of the Social Security Early Eligibility Age,” by Gary V. Engelhardt, Jonathan Gruber, and Anil Kumar (w24609, May 2018, .pdf format, 52p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24609
D. “Long-run Trends in the Economic Activity of Older People in the UK,” by James Banks, Carl Emmerson, and Gemma Tetlow (w24606, May 2018, .pdf format, 30p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24606
E. “Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Japan,” by Takashi Oshio, Emiko Usui, and Satoshi Shimizutani (w24614, May 2018, .pdf format, 22p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24614
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May 15, 2018
A. “Adult height and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC),” by Hikaru Ihira, Norie Sawada, Motoki Iwasaki, Taiki Yamaji, Atsushi Goto, Mitsuhiko Noda, Hiroyasu Iso, and Shoichiro Tsugane, the JPHC Study Group (PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197164. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197164, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0197164
B. “Effects of computer-assisted navigation versus conventional total knee arthroplasty on the levels of inflammation markers: A prospective study,” by Shu-Jui Kuo, Horng-Chaung Hsu, Ching-Jen Wang, Ka-Kit Siu, Ya-Hung Hsu, Jih-Yang Ko, and Chih-Hsin Tang (PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197164. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197164, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0197097
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– Netherlands revised and updated through 2016 (May 11, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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www.mortality.org/
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May 11, 2018
“Deaths from Falls Among Persons Aged > 65 Years — United States, 2007–2016,” by Elizabeth Burns and Ramakrishna Kakara (Vol. 67, No. 18, May 11, 2018, HTML and .pdf format, p. 509-514).
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6718a1.htm?s_cid=mm6718a1
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May 9, 2018
– UK countries: England & Wales (Civic & Total), Northern Ireland, Scotland, revised and updated through 2016 (May 7, 2018)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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May 7, 2018
– Belarus revised and updated through 2016 (May 4, 2018)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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www.mortality.org/
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April 27, 2018
– Denmark revised and updated through 2016 – April 23, 2018.
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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www.mortality.org/
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April 26, 2018
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “The Impact of New Drug Launches on Life-Years Lost in 2015 from 19 Types of Cancer in 36 Countries,” by Frank R. Lichtenberg (w24536, April 2018, .pdf format, 46p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24536
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April 25, 2018
“Mortality by Career-Average Earnings Level,” by Tiffany Bosley, Michael Morris, and Karen Glenn (Actuarial Study No. 124, April 2018, .pdf format, 33p.).
www.ssa.gov/OACT/NOTES/pdf_studies/study124.pdf
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April 17, 2018
– Japan revised and updated through 2016 (March 31, 2018).
– Iceland revised and updated through 2016 (March 30, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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www.mortality.org/
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April 4, 2018
“Association of a Negative Wealth Shock With All-Cause Mortality in Middle-aged and Older Adults in the United States,” by Lindsay R. Pool, Sarah A. Burgard, Belinda L. Needham, Michael R. Elliott, Kenneth M. Langa, and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon (Vol. 319, No. 13, April 3, 2018, p. 1341-1350).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2677445
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March 8, 2018
– Czechia revised and updated through 2016 (February 23, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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February 22, 2018
“Do the effects of major risk factors for mortality rise or fall with age?” by Neil Mehta and Hui Zheng (PSC Research Report No. 18-888, February 2018, .pdf format, 25p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.psc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/abs/14597
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February 5, 2018
“The increasing mortality advantage of the married: The role played by education,” by Oystein Kravdal, Emily Grundy, and Katherine Keenan (Vol. 38, Article 20, January 2018, .pdf format, p. 471-512).
www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol38/20/
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January 31, 2018
“The role of obesity in exceptionally slow US mortality improvement,” by Samuel H. Preston, Yana C. Vierboom and Andrew Stokes (Vol. 115, No. 5, January 30, 2018, p. 957-961).
www.pnas.org/content/115/5/957
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January 26, 2018
“A network approach to studying cause-of-death interrelations,” by Viviana Egidi, Michele Antonio Salvatore, Giulia Rivellini, and Silvia D’Angelo (Vol. 38, No. 16, January 2018, .pdf format, p. 373-400).
www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol38/16/
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January 24, 2018
“Cause of death patterns and people’s use of aged care: a Pathways in Aged Care analysis of 2012–14 death statistics,” (January 2018, .pdf format, 50p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/aged-care/cause-of-death-patterns-peoples-use-of-aged-care/contents/table-of-contents
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January 4, 2018
“Mortality in the United States, 2016,” by Kenneth D. Kochanek, Sherry L. Murphy, Jiaquan Xu, and Elizabeth Arias (Data Brief No. 293, December 2017, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db293.htm
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January 3, 2018
Note: The link below is to the table of contents for the current issue of JAMA (Vol. 318, No. 24, December 26, 2017). Check with your organization’s information center for availability.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/issue/318/24
“Association of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults,” by Qian Di, Lingzhen Dai, Yun Wang, Antonella Zanobetti, Christine Choirat, Joel D. Schwartz, and Francesca Dominici (p. 2446-2456).
“Association Between Calcium or Vitamin D Supplementation and Fracture Incidence in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis,” by Jia-Guo Zhao, Xian-Tie Zeng, Jia Wang, and Lin Liu (p. 2466-2482).
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December 19, 2017
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A. “The Mortality Effects of Retirement: Evidence from Social Security Eligibility at Age 62,” by Maria D. Fitzpatrick and Timothy J. Moore (w24127, December 2017, .pdf format, 62p.).
papers.nber.org/papers/w24127
B. “Incentivizing Better Quality of Care: The Role of Medicaid and Competition in the Nursing Home Industry,” by Martin B. Hackmann (w24133, December 2017, .pdf format, 45p.).
papers.nber.org/papers/w24133
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December 7, 2017
Note: The link below is to the table of contents for the current issue of JAMA (Vol. 318, No. 21, December 5, 2017). Check with your organization’s information center for availability.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/issue/318/21
“Association Between Treatment by Locum Tenens Internal Medicine Physicians and 30-Day Mortality Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries,” by Daniel M. Blumenthal, Andrew R. Olenski, Yusuke Tsugawa, and Anupam B. Jena (p. 2119-2129).
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November 30, 2017
A. “Deaths: Final Data for 2015,” by Sherry L. Murphy, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth D. Kochanek, Sally C. Curtin, and Elizabeth Arias (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 66, No. 6, November 27, 2017, .pdf format, 73p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_06.pdf
B. “Deaths: Leading Causes for 2015,” by Melonie Heron (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 66, No. 5, November 27, 2017, .pdf format, 75p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_05.pdf
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October 30, 2017
– Estonia revised and updated through 2014 (October 26, 2017)
– Latvia revised and updated through 2014 (October 26, 2017)
– Lithuania revised and updated through 2014 (October 26, 2017)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
www.mortality.org/
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October 25, 2017
A. “Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 2002–03 to 2012–13,” (October 2017, .pdf format, 110p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/hospitalisations-due-to-falls-older-people-2012-13/contents/table-of-contents
B. “Trends in injury deaths, Australia 1999–00 to 2011–12,” (October 2017, .pdf format, 184p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/trends-in-injury-deaths-australia-1999-00-to-2011/contents/table-of-contents
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