TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of early-life economic conditionson cause-specific mortality during adulthood
AU - Yeung, Gary Y.C.
AU - van den Berg, Gerard J.
AU - Lindeboom, Maarten
AU - Portrait, France R.M.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - The aim of this study is to assess the effects of economic conditions in early life on cause-specific mortality during adulthood. The analyses are performed on a unique historical sample of 14,520 Dutch individuals born in 1880-1918, who are followed throughout life. The economic conditions in early life are characterized using cyclical variations in annual real per capital gross domestic product during pregnancy and the first year of life. Exposure to recessions in early life appears to significantly increase cancer mortality risks of older males and females. It also significantly increases other mortality risks especially for older females. The residual life expectancies are up to about 8 and 6 % lower for male and female cancer mortality, respectively, and up to about 5 % lower for female cardiovascular mortality. Our analyses show that cardiovascular and cancer mortality risks are related and that not taking this association into account leads to biased inference.
AB - The aim of this study is to assess the effects of economic conditions in early life on cause-specific mortality during adulthood. The analyses are performed on a unique historical sample of 14,520 Dutch individuals born in 1880-1918, who are followed throughout life. The economic conditions in early life are characterized using cyclical variations in annual real per capital gross domestic product during pregnancy and the first year of life. Exposure to recessions in early life appears to significantly increase cancer mortality risks of older males and females. It also significantly increases other mortality risks especially for older females. The residual life expectancies are up to about 8 and 6 % lower for male and female cancer mortality, respectively, and up to about 5 % lower for female cardiovascular mortality. Our analyses show that cardiovascular and cancer mortality risks are related and that not taking this association into account leads to biased inference.
KW - Cancer
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Competing mortality risks
KW - Life expectancy
KW - Recession
KW - Survival analyses
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U2 - 10.1007/s00148-013-0497-1
DO - 10.1007/s00148-013-0497-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899926890
SN - 0933-1433
VL - 27
SP - 895
EP - 919
JO - Journal of Population Economics
JF - Journal of Population Economics
IS - 3
ER -