We investigate age-specific mortality in Britain and the United States since 1950. Neither trends in income nor in … patterns of mortality decline. Patterns of income inequality were similar in both countries, but adult and elderly mortality … rates declined most rapidly during the period when inequality increased. Changes in the rate of mortality decline in the US …

We compare quantitatively eight stochastic models explaining improvements in mortality rates in England &Wales and in … time in mortality rates at all ages, but that the improvements have been greater at lower ages than at higher ages, and …

the English. In contrast, age specific mortality rates are similar in the two countries with an even higher risk among the … English after age 65. Our second aim explains large financial gradients in mortality in the two countries. Among 55-64 year … evidence using a long panel of American respondents that their subsequent mortality is not related to large changes in wealth …

findings suggest that mortality-related mechanisms drive late-life changes in well-being and highlight the need for further …

health, mortality, and medical care, contributors present evidence from the United States, Britain, South Africa, and Russia … have contributed to a decline in mortality rates; the various medical advances that have benefited populations over time …