The fragility of the future and the tug of the past: Longevity: LONGEVITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
BACKGROUND The cohorts who will reach age 60 after 2010 in the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC) are beneficiaries of a massive mortality decline that began as early as 1930. The bulk of this decline is due to the diffusion of low-cost medical technologies that improved recovery rates from i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol29/21/ |