Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and Cause

In this paper, we analyze seasonality of deaths by age and cause in the U.S. using public use files for the years 1994 to 1998 by the methods of regression and a variation of Census Method II. We answer the following questions: For each age cohort, how much does each cause of death contribute to sea...

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Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2002-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol6/17/
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spelling doaj-911a2cb323584902bb9159a9e6097e942020-11-24T22:17:03ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712002-06-01617Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and CauseIn this paper, we analyze seasonality of deaths by age and cause in the U.S. using public use files for the years 1994 to 1998 by the methods of regression and a variation of Census Method II. We answer the following questions: For each age cohort, how much does each cause of death contribute to seasonality of deaths? What is the reason for the variation in seasonality of deaths with respect to age? We also analyze death records of Social Security Administration over a longer time period to examine how seasonality of deaths has changed since the mid-1970's. We found that in general, the degree of seasonality in deaths has decreased over time for younger cohorts and has increased over time for older cohorts.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol6/17/mortality
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title Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and Cause
spellingShingle Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and Cause
Demographic Research
mortality
title_short Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and Cause
title_full Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and Cause
title_fullStr Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and Cause
title_full_unstemmed Seasonality of Deaths in the U.S. by Age and Cause
title_sort seasonality of deaths in the u.s. by age and cause
publisher Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
series Demographic Research
issn 1435-9871
publishDate 2002-06-01
description In this paper, we analyze seasonality of deaths by age and cause in the U.S. using public use files for the years 1994 to 1998 by the methods of regression and a variation of Census Method II. We answer the following questions: For each age cohort, how much does each cause of death contribute to seasonality of deaths? What is the reason for the variation in seasonality of deaths with respect to age? We also analyze death records of Social Security Administration over a longer time period to examine how seasonality of deaths has changed since the mid-1970's. We found that in general, the degree of seasonality in deaths has decreased over time for younger cohorts and has increased over time for older cohorts.
topic mortality
url http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol6/17/
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