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1. The Aging and Alcohol Abuse.

Author

White House Conference on Aging, Washington, DC. and Brody, Jacob A.

Abstract

Demographic data suggest that alcohol abuse among the elderly will increase in proportion to the population growth of that group. Four factors which may cause the elderly to be a highly susceptible group for alcohol problems are: (1) retirement and its boredom, role changes, and financial problems; (2) increased concern with death and losses of relatives and friends; (3) poor health and chronic discomfort; and (4) loneliness, particularly among older women. Although surveys in older age groups are of questionable value, anecdotal evidence and early studies suggest that a high proportion of elderly (10-15%) who seek medical attention for any reason have an alcohol-related problem, and that elderly alcoholics are relatively easy to treat. If these findings can be confirmed, detection during health-seeking encounters could have great potential value. Research in detection and treatment is critical. A prevention strategy aimed at persons aged 55 to 64 could prevent subsequent alcohol problems among these people and might indirectly reach those at older and less accessible ages. (Author/NRB)

Published
1981

4. Aging, Natural Death, and the Compression of Morbidity: Another View.

Author

Schneider, Edward L. and Brody, Jacob

Subjects
AGING, DEATH, LIFE expectancy, DEATH rate, QUALITY of life, LONGEVITY
Abstract

This article focuses on aging and natural death. It is important to define the terms "life span" and "life expectancy" before proceeding with discussions of these concepts. Life span is best defined as the maximum survival potential of a particular species. One important cornerstone to Fries' predictions' is that there is a genetically defined human life are rapidly approaching. However, examination of several aging cell populations in vivo reveals that there is no evidence that aging of any organ or group of cells is caused by a limited number of replications. The basis for Fries' predictions is his premise that the human survival curve will continue to "rectangularize." This includes two assumptions: that death rates will remain low until a certain age (the horizontal component of the rectangle), and that the majority of deaths will occur over a short span of years (the vertical component of the rectangle). Fries predicts that this rectangularization will result in an average life expectancy of approximately 85 years in the first part of the next century.

Published
2002

5. Biodemographic perspectives for epidemiologists.

Author

Olshansky, S. Jay, Grant, Mark, Brody, Jacob, and Carnes, Bruce A.

Subjects
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, DEATH, ETIOLOGY of diseases, BIOLOGICAL evolution, PUBLIC health research
Abstract

A new scientific discipline arose in the late 20th century known as biodemography. When applied to aging, biodemography is the scientific study of common age patterns and causes of death observed among humans and other sexually reproducing species and the biological forces that contribute to them. Biodemography is interdisciplinary, involving a combination of the population sciences and such fields as molecular and evolutionary biology. Researchers in this emerging field have discovered attributes of aging and death in humans that may very well change the way epidemiologists view and study the causes and expression of disease. In this paper, the biodemography of aging is introduced in light of traditional epidemiologic models of disease causation and death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2005
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6. Sex Differences in Declining Cohort Death Rates From Heart Disease.

Author

Patrick, Clifford H., Palesch, Yuko Y., Feinleib, Manning, and Brody, Jacob A.

Subjects
HEART diseases, DEATH, MORTALITY, WOMEN'S health, DEMOGRAPHY, SOCIAL indicators, GENDER, HYPOTHESIS, AMERICAN men
Abstract

We examined cohort mortality from heart disease (HD) at ages 40 and over for White men and women in the United States between 1945 and 1975. For each successive birth cohort from 1886 to 1890 and 1906 to 1910, female HD mortality rates exhibit a continuous decline with parallel slopes which shows no sign of abating in recent years. Among men, cohort HD mortality rates were increasing prior to 1965: since 1965, there has been a reversal of prior trends, i.e., each successive cohort has shown a decrease in HD mortality rates. None of the various hypotheses put forward to explain the recent decline in HD mortality provides a cogent explanation for the differential effects in men and women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1982
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