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100	1		_aFogel, Robert W.
245	1	0	_aChanges in the Physiology of Aging during the Twentieth Century / _cRobert W. Fogel.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2005.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w11233
500			_aMarch 2005.
520	3		_aOne way to demonstrate how remarkable changes in the process of aging have been is to compare health over the life cycles of 3 cohorts. For the first cohort, born between 1835 and 1845 (the Civil War cohort), life was short and disabilities were common even at young ages. Other factors contributing to lifelong poor health were widespread exposure to severely debilitating diseases and chronic malnutrition. Fewer of the World War II cohort, born between 1920 and 1930, died in infancy and most of the survivors have lived past age 60 without developing severe chronic diseases. Members of this cohort have experienced better health throughout their lives largely due to their lower exposure to environmental hazards before birth and throughout their infancy and early childhood. Members of the cohort born between 1980 and 1990 have a 50-50 chance of living to age 100. The average age at onset of disabilities has continued to rise, so members of this cohort can expect to remain healthy at later ages. Adopting a healthy life style early can help to prevent or postpone disability at older ages.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aI11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI12 - Health Behavior _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ14 - Economics of the Elderly • Economics of the Handicapped • Non-Labor Market Discrimination _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w11233.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w11233
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w11233
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