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Appendix: Letter to Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging from the Committee on Population, March 2, 1993
Pages 405-412

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... Appendix: Letter to Richard Suzman of the National Institute of Aging from the Committee on Population, March 2, 1993 405
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... 2C-234 7201 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892 Dear Dr. Suzman: DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL COMMISSION ON BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION 2101 Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C.
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... APPENDIX Letter to Dr. Richard Suzman March 2, 1993 Page Two Population Projections and Medical DemoaraPhy There is considerable debate about the future course of old-age 407 mortality and life expectancy.
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... 408 Letter to Dr. Richard Suzman March 2, 1993 Page Three DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING There is a need to move beyond cross-sectional approaches and use cohort analysis, recognizing that individuals are not mere slices of cross-sectional characteristics but also have variable histories, exposures to risk, and motivations.
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... APPENDIX Letter to Dr. Richard Suzman March 2, 1993 Page Four and measures of financial distress is an important goal.
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... We hope that this summary of the most promising directions for research and data collection in the area of the demography of aging will be of assistance to the National Institute on Aging. We believe that the workshop was successful in achieving its goals, and we appreciate the institute's
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... APPENDIX Letter to Dr. Richard Suzman March 2, 1993 Page Six 411 willingness to support it and the Committee on Population's other activities on aging.
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