New African American Life Tables from 1935-1940 to 1985-1990

New life tables for African Americans are presented from 1935 through 1990. They are based on a historical series of vital statistics data on deaths that have been corrected for age misreporting, on reconstructed population counts that have been adjusted for census underenumeration, and on births th...

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Published in:Demography 2001-02, Vol.38 (1), p.97-114
Main Author: Elo, Irma T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Age
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Black American people
Black people
Censuses
Child
Child, Preschool
Death
Demography
Female
Females
Gender differences
Health and Mortality
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Industrialized nations
Infant
Infectious diseases
Life expectancy
Life Expectancy - trends
Life Tables
Male
Males
Mathematical analysis
Men
Middle Aged
Mortality
Mortality - trends
Mortality decline
Mortality Rates
Population
Population estimates
Race
Sex Distribution
Sex linked differences
Sex Ratio
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical data
Studies
Trends
Twentieth Century
U.S.A
United States - epidemiology
Vital statistics
White people
Womens health
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Summary:New life tables for African Americans are presented from 1935 through 1990. They are based on a historical series of vital statistics data on deaths that have been corrected for age misreporting, on reconstructed population counts that have been adjusted for census underenumeration, and on births that have been corrected for underregistration. The new life tables show rapid mortality declines for both African American males and females from 1935 to 1950, and relatively steady reductions thereafter for females. The smaller declines in male mortality in young adulthood and middle age since the 1950s have led to exceptionally high ratios of male to female mortality at these ages. Corrections for census undercounts lead to higher values of life expectancy than in official life tables, but to less improvement over time. Official estimates of life expectancy at age 65 appear to be about 10% too high around 1940 but only about 1.5% too high in the late 1980s.
ISSN:0070-3370
1533-7790
DOI:10.1353/dem.2001.0002