– Bulgaria revised and updated through 2017 (October 14, 2019).
– Ireland revised and updated through 2017 (October 14, 2019).
– USA revised and updated through 2017 (with the newly released census data) (October 7, 2019).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Population Aging and Structural Transformation,” by Javier Cravino, Andrei A. Levchenko, and Marco Rojas (w26327, September 2019, .pdf format, 61p.).
B. “Does Medicare Coverage Improve Cancer Detection and Mortality Outcomes?” by Rebecca Mary Myerson, Reginald Tucker-Seeley, Dana Goldman, and Darius N. Lakdawalla (w26292, September 2019, .pdf format, 72p.).
– Belgium revised and updated through 2018 (September 9, 2019).
– Hong Kong (1986-2017) added as a new country (September 11, 2019).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
“Mortality Patterns Between Five States With Highest Death Rates and Five States With Lowest Death Rates: United States, 2017,” by Jiaquan Xu (Data Brief No. 350, September 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
“United States Life Tables, 2017,” by Elizabeth Arias and Jiaquan Xu (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 68, No. 7, June 2019, .pdf format, 65p.).
– France (Total & Civilian) revised and updated through 2017 (July 3, 2019).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
A. “Deaths: Final Data for 2017,” by by Kenneth D. Kochanek, Sherry L. Murphy, Jiaquan Xu, and Elizabeth Arias (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 68, No. 9, June 2019, .pdf format, 76p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_09-508.pdf
B. “United States Life Tables, 2017,” by Elizabeth Arias and Jiaquan Xu (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 68, No. 8, June 2019, .pdf format, 65p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_07-508.pdf
C. “Deaths: Leading Causes for 2017,” by Melonie Heron (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 68, No. 6, June 2019, .pdf format, 76p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_06-508.pdf
WHO updated the following files in (.zipped compressed ASCII format, with documentation in .pdf, Word or Microsoft Excel format) it’s Mortality Database on May 1, 2019: Documentation, Availability, Notes, Population and live births, and Mortality ICD-10 (this file comes in two parts).
A. “Strategies Used by Adults Aged 65 and Over to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs, 2016–2017,” by Robin A. Cohen and Peter Boersma (NCHS Data Brief No. 335, May 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db335.htm
B. “Trends in Cancer and Heart Disease Death Rates Among Adults Aged 45–64: United States, 1999–2017,” by Sally C. Curtin (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 68, No. 5, May 2019, .pdf format, 8p.).
“Association of Household Income With Life Expectancy and Cause-Specific Mortality in Norway, 2005-2015,” by Jonas Minet Kinge, Jorgen Heibo Modalsli, Simon Overland, Hakon Kristian Gjessing, Mette Christophersen Tollanes, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Vegard Skirbekk, Bjorn Heine Strand, Siri Eldevik Haberg, and Stein Emil Vollset (Vol. 321, No. 19, May 21, 2019, p. 1916-1925).
“Impact of delayed effects on human old-age mortality,” by Andrea Verhulst, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, and Alberto Palloni (Vol. 40, No. 41, May 2019, .pdf format, p. 1167-1210).
“United States Life Tables, 2016,” by Elizabeth Arias, Jiaquan Xu, and Kenneth D. Kochanek (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 68, No. 4, May 2019, .pdf format, 65p.).
“Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality, England and Wales: 2001 to 2017,” (May 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 27p.).
– Japan revised and updated through 2017 (April 1, 2019).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
– Czechia revised and updated through 2017 (March 27, 2019).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality,” by Janjala Chirakijja, Seema Jayachandran, and Pinchuan Ong (w25681, March 2019, .pdf format, 44p.).
“Dementia Mortality in the United States, 2000–2017,” by Ellen A. Kramarow and Betzaida Tejada-Vera (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 68, No. 2, March 2019, .pdf format, 28p.).
– Australia revised and updated through 2016 (March 15, 2019)
– Canada revised and updated through 2016 (March 15, 2019)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
“The demography of super survivors in England and Wales,” by George Leeson (Working Paper 118, 2018, .pdf format, 14p.).
– Sweden revised and updated through 2017 (February 6, 2019).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
A. “Living arrangements and disability-free life expectancy in the United State,” by Chi-Tsun Chiu (PLoS ONE 14(2): e0211894. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211894, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0211894
B. “Intragenerational social mobility and cause-specific premature mortality,” by Sunnee Billingsley (PLoS ONE 14(2): e0211977. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211977, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0211977
C. “Work stress among older employees in Germany: Effects on health and retirement age,” by Jana Mäcken (PLoS ONE 14(2): e0211487. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211487, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0211487
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “How Many Life-Years Have New Drugs Saved? A 3-Way Fixed-Effects Analysis of 66 Diseases in 27 Countries, 2000-2013,” by Frank R. Lichtenberg (w25483, January 2019, .pdf format, 23p.).
B. “The Impact of a Wartime Health Shock on the Postwar Socioeconomic Status and Mortality of Union Army Veterans and their Children,” by Dora Costa, Noelle Yetter, and Heather DeSomer (w25480, January 2019, .pdf format, 47p.).
C. “Is There a Demand for Reverse Mortgages in China? Evidence from Two Online Surveys,” by Katja Hanewald, Hazel Bateman, Hanming Fang, and Shang Wu (w25491, January 2019, .pdf format, 35p.).
– Slovenia revised and updated through 2017 (January 9, 2019).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
A. “Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia,” by Rishi K. Wadhera, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Jason H. Wasfy, Sebastien Haneuse, Changyu Shen, and Robert W. Yeh (Vol. 320, No. 24, December 25, 2018, p. 2542-2552).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2719307
B. “Association of Pharmacological Treatments With Long-term Pain Control in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis,” by Dario Gregori, Giampaolo Giacovelli, Clara Minto, Beatrice Barbetta, Francesca Gualtieri, Danila Azzolina, Paola Vaghi, and Lucio C. Rovati (Vol. 320, No. 24, December 25, 2018, p. 2564-2579).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2719308
– Total Germany, East Germany, and West Germany revised and updated through 2017 (December 19, 2018).
– Slovakia revised and updated through 2017 (December 19, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
WHO updated the following files in (.zipped compressed ASCII format, with documentation in .pdf, Word or Microsoft Excel format) it’s Mortality Database on December 1, 2018: Documentation, Availability, Notes, Population and live births, and Mortality ICD-10 (this file comes in two parts).
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Annuity Pricing in Public Pension Plans: Importance of Interest Rates,” by Nino Abashidze, Robert L. Clark, Beth Ritter, and David Vanderweide (w25343, December 2018, .pdf format, 37p.).
B. “The Effects of Medicare Advantage on Opioid Use,” by Laurence C. Baker, Kate Bundorf, and Daniel Kessler (w25327, December 2018, .pdf format, 28p.).
C. “The Long-run Impact of New Medical Ideas on Cancer Survival and Mortality,” by Frank R. Lichtenberg (w25328, December 2018, .pdf format, 19p.).
D. “Two Hundred Years of Health and Medical Care: The Importance of Medical Care for Life Expectancy Gains,” by Maryaline Catillon, David Cutler, and Thomas Getzen (w25330, December 2018, .pdf format, 56p.).
E. “The Effect of Economic Conditions on the Disability Insurance Program: Evidence from the Great Recession,” by Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Alexander Strand (w25338, December 2018, .pdf format, 33p.).
“Mortality in the United States, 2017,” by Sherry L. Murphy, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth D. Kochanek, and Elizabeth Arias (Data Brief No. 328, November 2018, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
“United States Life Tables, 2015,” by Elizabeth Arias and Jiaquan Xu (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 67, No. 7, November 2018, .pdf format, 63p.).
Croatia revised and updated through 2017 – November 14, 2018
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
– Israel revised and updated through 2016 (November 2, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
“Effect of Aspirin on Disability-free Survival in the Healthy Elderly,” by John J. McNeil, Robyn L. Woods, Mark R. Nelson, Christopher M. Reid, Brenda Kirpach, Rory Wolfe, Elsdon Storey, Raj C. Shah, Jessica E. Lockery, Andrew M. Tonkin, Anne B. Newman, Jeff D. Williamson, Karen L. Margolis, Michael E. Ernst, Walter P. Abhayaratna, Nigel Stocks, Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Suzanne G. Orchard, Ruth E. Trevaks, Lawrence J. Beilin, Geoffrey A. Donnan, Peter Gibbs, Colin I. Johnston, Joanne Ryan, Barbara Radziszewska, Richard Grimm, and Anne M. Murray, for the ASPREE Investigator Group (Vol. 379, No. 16, October 18, 2018, p. 1499-1508).
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800722
B. “Effect of Aspirin on Cardiovascular Events and Bleeding in the Healthy Elderly,” by John J. McNeil, Rory Wolfe, Robyn L. Woods, Andrew M. Tonkin, Geoffrey A. Donnan, Mark R. Nelson, Christopher M. Reid, Jessica E. Lockery, Brenda Kirpach, Elsdon Storey, Raj C. Shah, Jeff D. Williamson, Karen L. Margolis, Michael E. Ernst, Pharm.D., Walter P. Abhayaratna, Nigel Stocks, Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Suzanne G. Orchard, Ruth E. Trevaks, Lawrence J. Beilin, Colin I. Johnston, Joanne Ryan, M.Biostat., Barbara Radziszewska, Michael Jelinek, Mobin Malik, Charles B. Eaton, Donna Brauer, Geoff Cloud, Erica M. Wood, Suzanne E. Mahady, Suzanne Satterfield, Richard Grimm, and Anne M. Murray, for the ASPREE Investigator Group (Vol. 379, No. 16, October 18, 2018, p. 1509-1518).
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805819
C. “Effect of Aspirin on All-Cause Mortality in the Healthy Elderly,” by John J. McNeil, Mark R. Nelson, Robyn L. Woods, Jessica E. Lockery, Rory Wolfe, Christopher M. Reid, Brenda Kirpach, Raj C. Shah, Diane G. Ives, Elsdon Storey, Joanne Ryan, Andrew M. Tonkin, Anne B. Newman, Jeff D. Williamson, Karen L. Margolis, Michael E. Ernst, Walter P. Abhayaratna, Nigel Stocks, Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Suzanne G. Orchard, Ruth E. Trevaks, Lawrence J. Beilin, Geoffrey A. Donnan, Peter Gibbs, Colin I. Johnston, Barbara Radziszewska, Richard Grimm, and Anne M. Murray, for the ASPREE Investigator Group (Vol. 379, No. 16, October 18, 2018, p. 1519-1528).
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
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.).
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.).
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.).
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.).
– Spain revised and updated through 2016 (October 5, 2018)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
“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).
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:
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?
– 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
Data access:
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).
A. “Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, UK: 2002 to 2017,” (September 2018, .pdf and HTML format, 9p.).
B. “National life tables, UK: 2015 to 2017,” (September 2018, .pdf and HTML format, 11p.).
“Health, United States, 2017,” (September 2018, .pdf format, 75p.). Note: This years edition contains a special feature on mortality.
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Understanding Joint Retirement,” by Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest, and Luc Bissonnette (w25030, September 2018, .pdf format, 45p.).
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.).
C. “Mortality Risk, Insurance, and the Value of Life,” by Daniel Bauer, Darius Lakdawalla, Julian Reif (w25055, September 2018, .pdf format, 53p.).
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.).
– Austria revised and updated through 2017 (September 5, 2018)
– Poland revised and updated through 2016 (September 5, 2018)
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data Access:
– France (Total & Civilian) revised and updated through 2016 (August 27, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
“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.).
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:
A. “Changing trends in mortality: a cross-UK comparison, 1981 to 2016,” (August 2018, .pdf and HTML format, 13p.).
B. “Changing trends in mortality: an international comparison: 2000 to 2016,” (August 2018, .pdf and HTML format, 13p.).
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.).
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
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.).
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.).
– Korea (2003-2016) added as a new country (July 16, 2018).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
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