HDE 117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Increment And Decrement Operators, G1 Phase, Dementia
14 Apr 2017
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It decreases survivorship by ~8: between 60-90, mortality is fairly high and reflected in the precipitous drop in lx. In the united states, the lag time is increasing and gaps are decreasing. Cause of death: manners and types: 10 leading causes of death in us 2011-2012: Lower respiratory 5. 8 % alzheimer"s disease 3. 3% suicide 1. 6% Nephritis complex 1. 8: manners of death, natural the majority, die of some disease; highest manner of death, accident, homicide. For older people, it"s not just the grim reaper (implying one cause for death) It"s more like a pack of devils" (many things contributing to death) challenge when determining cause of death. *underlying (cancer) the start of the chain of events that leads ultimately to death; most important factor: contributory (diabetes) **life tables overview*: cohort : longitudinal; period : cross-sectional, complete (every age class); abridged (the lumped age classes, decrements: single or multiple.
