Disability and morbidity among US birth cohorts, 1998-2018: A multidimensional test of dynamic equilibrium theory.

ABSTRACT: A substantial body of prior research has explored patterns of disability-free and morbidity-free life expectancy among older populations. However, these distinct facets of later-life health are almost always studied in isolation, even though they are very likely to be related. Using data from the US Health and Retirement Study and a multistate life table approach, this paper explores the interactions between disability, morbidity, and mortality by sex and education among four successive US birth cohorts, born from 1914 to 1923 to 1944-1953 and compared in the periods 1998-2008 and 2008-2018. We find little compression of disability but a marked expansion of morbidity across cohorts. However, disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) among those living with chronic morbidities has increased, e

SUBMITTER: Shen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10625143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature