Session 188:
Predictors of Survival, Mortality and Longevity
Chair: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant: Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania
Predictors of Exceptional Longevity among Older U.S. Adults • Jennifer A. Ailshire, University of Southern California ; Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, University of Southern California
Look Two Steps Back to See One Step Ahead: The Role of Grandmaternal and Grandpaternal Age on Grandchild Survival • Ken R. Smith, University of Utah ; Heidi Hanson, Huntsman Cancer Institute ; Geraldine P. Mineau, University of Utah
Trends in the Education-Mortality Gradient among Hispanics in the U.S.: Same Old Story or a Different Tune? • Jason R. Thomas, Pennsylvania State University ; Jonathan Gonzalez, Pennsylvania State University
The Contribution of Larger Educational Inequalities in Mortality to the National Mortality Disadvantage of the United States. A Comparison with Seven Western European Countries • Karen van Hedel, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam ; Frank Van Lenthe, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam ; Johan P. Mackenbach, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam
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