scholarly journals Erratum: “Estimated Changes in Life Expectancy and Adult Mortality Resulting from Declining PM2.5 Exposures in the Contiguous United States: 1980–2010”

2018 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 029002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal Fann ◽  
Sun-Young Kim ◽  
Casey Olives ◽  
Lianne Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Adult Mortality

scholarly journals Inequality in Life Expectancy, Functional Status, and Active Life Expectancy Across Selected Black and White Populations in the United States

Demography ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arline T. Geronimus ◽  
John Bound ◽  
Timothy Waidmann ◽  
Cynthia G. Colen ◽  
Dianne Steffick
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Active Life Expectancy ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Active Life

Estimated Effect on Life Expectancy of Alleviating Primary Care Shortages in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Basu ◽  
Russell S. Phillips ◽  
Seth A. Berkowitz ◽  
Bruce E. Landon ◽  
Asaf Bitton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality: Evidence from Denmark and the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon B. Dahl ◽  
Claus Kreiner ◽  
Torben Heien Nielsen ◽  
Benjamin Ly Serena
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Social Inequality and the Future of US Life Expectancy

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iliya Gutin ◽  
Robert A. Hummer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Population Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Extreme Longevity

Despite decades of progress, the future of life expectancy in the United States is uncertain due to widening socioeconomic disparities in mortality, continued disparities in mortality across racial/ethnic groups, and an increase in extrinsic causes of death. These trends prompt us to scrutinize life expectancy in a high-income but enormously unequal society like the United States, where social factors determine who is most able to maximize their biological lifespan. After reviewing evidence for biodemographic perspectives on life expectancy, the uneven diffusion of health-enhancing innovations throughout the population, and the changing nature of threats to population health, we argue that sociology is optimally positioned to lead discourse on the future of life expectancy. Given recent trends, sociologists should emphasize the importance of the social determinants of life expectancy, redirecting research focus away from extending extreme longevity and toward research on social inequality with the goal of improving population health for all. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 47 is July 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Across Regions: Are Most COVID-19 Deaths Above or Below Life Expectancy?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rondy Malik
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Hospital Capacity ◽  
Percent Difference ◽  
Political Landscapes ◽  
Made In

Abstract Life expectancy varies across geographical and political landscapes for a multitude of reasons. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the 2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and pandemic, is present in 215 countries, and is described as a pathogen that is most deadly to individuals 65 years and older. However, it is unclear if the majority of COVID-19-related deaths are targeting individuals above or below life expectancy. Through seven months of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, an association between life expectancy and COVID-19 related deaths were assessed. The reported age of those suffering from COVID-19-related death was evaluated across seven countries (United States, Germany, Hungary, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland), and placed into one of two categories depending on whether the death occurred above or below the country’s life expectancy. Among the seven countries included in this survey, it was observed that there was greater proportion of deaths above life expectancy (M = 65.35%, SD= 6.58) versus death below life expectancy (M = 34.65% , SD= 6.58), and these difference were significant (95%CI [18.51876, 42.88199], p = 0.0008349). Across countries, the disparity, or percent difference in deaths occurring above versus below life expectancy, was greatest in the countries with life expectancies of 80+ (Sweden, Switzerland, Germany). Given priorities that may need to be made in terms of hospital capacity, considering life expectancy may be an appropriate approach for reporting COVID-19-related deaths.

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