@article{ref1,
title="Twin consequences of rising U.S. death rates among young adults: lower life expectancy and greater lifespan variability",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2019",
author="Acciai, Francesco and Firebaugh, Glenn",
volume="127",
number="",
pages="105793-105793",
abstract="The submitted manuscript is an original investigation of the U.S. mortality pattern from 2000 to 2017. Previous research has shown that the unusual post-2014 decline in life expectancy is related to the increase in death rates for ages 25-44, mostly due to rising prevalence in drug poisoning and suicide deaths. Our investigation reveals that such increase in younger-age mortality has had an impact not only on life expectancy (or mean age at death), but also, and to a larger extent, on lifespan variability (the dispersion around the mean age at death). Even though lifespan variability is a key component of mortality change, as well as a measure of human well-being, with social, economic, and psychological implications, it has received much less attention than life expectancy has.<br><br>Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105793",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105793"
}