TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Twin consequences of rising U.S. death rates among young adults: lower life expectancy and greater lifespan variability
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Acciai, Francesco
A1  - Firebaugh, Glenn
SP  - 105793
EP  - 105793
VL  - 127
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105793
ID  - ref1
ER  -