What's happening to U.S. mortality rates?

Chen, Anqi, Alicia Haydock Munnell, and Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher. “What's happening to U.S. mortality rates?”. Issue in Brief 17-17, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, September 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107616.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) Mortality rates, which determine life expectancy, are a key factor in cost projections for the Social Security program. (2) Mortality rates consistently improve over time, but the pace of progress varies by year, by age, and by socioeconomic status. (3) Over the past 40 years, progress has been driven by medical advances, better access to health care, and a decline in smoking, partly offset by rising obesity. (4) Looking to the future, mortality improvements will continue to depend on the same drivers, but the net effects could play out differently. (5) The key debate is whether the future will mirror the past, with average rates of improvement of about 1 percent, or whether the pace of progress will slow.

Title
What's happening to U.S. mortality rates?
Author
Chen, Anqi
Munnell, Alicia Haydock
Sanzenbacher, Geoffrey T.
School
Carroll School of Management
Discipline
Finance
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
September 2017
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
17-17
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107616
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Subject
Financing Retirement

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