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Early-life conditions and adult mortality decline in Dutch cohorts born 1812-1921

by van Poppel, Frans , Schellekens, Jona

in Adult / adult mortality / Adults / Age / Age Factors / Age groups / Babies / Birth order / Body Height / Child / Child mortality / Child Mortality - history / Child Mortality - trends / Child mortality rates / Childhood / Children / Children & youth / Communicable Diseases - epidemiology / Communicable Diseases - history / early-childhood mortality / early-life conditions / Female / Females / Health risks / height / History, 19th Century / History, 20th Century / Humans / infant mortality / Infant mortality rates / Infectious diseases / Life expectancy / Life Expectancy - history / Life Expectancy - trends / Life span / Longevity / Male / Males / Malnutrition / Malnutrition - epidemiology / Malnutrition - history / Men / Mortality / Mortality - history / Mortality - trends / Mortality rates / Mortality risk / Netherlands / Netherlands - epidemiology / Poverty / Sex Factors / Social conditions & trends / Socioeconomic Factors - history / Women

2016

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Journal Article

Early-life conditions and adult mortality decline in Dutch cohorts born 1812-1921

van Poppel, Frans,

Schellekens, Jona

2016

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Mounting evidence suggests that early-life conditions have an enduring effect on an individual's mortality risks as an adult. The contribution of improvements in early-life conditions to the overall decline in adult mortality, however, remains a debated issue. We provide an estimate of the contribution of improvements in early-life conditions to mortality decline after age 30 in Dutch cohorts born between 1812 and 1921. We used two proxies for early-life conditions: median height and early-childhood mortality. We estimate that improvements in early-life conditions contributed more than five years or about a third to the rise in women's life expectancy at age 30. Improvements in early-life conditions contributed almost three years or more than a quarter to the rise in men's life expectancy at age 30. Height appears to be the more important of the two proxies for early-life conditions.

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Routledge,Taylor & Francis,Population Investigation Committee, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Adult

/ adult mortality

/ Adults

/ Age

/ Age Factors

/ Age groups

/ Babies