MORTALITY AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN ELDERLY

包括老年人在内的亚裔美国人人口正在以 显著的增长率，主要是由于移民。目前的数据表明 这可能是世界上最长寿的人口。如果这些 估计是正确的，这个人口应该是一个重要的 在与最大寿命有关的理论工作中的考虑。 然而，死亡率(和生命)可能存在严重问题 期望值)派生自该人群的双重数据源。在……里面 此外，对于移民来说，年龄信息的质量是未知的 亚裔人口。此外，亚裔美国人和太平洋地区的总人数 岛民的种族类别是如此多样化，在 构成，即更准确定义的亚裔的死亡率 团体会有更清晰的含义。如果死亡率真的是这样 低，一个重要的问题是，他们是否在很大程度上归因于 一种健康的移民效应。 这项初步研究将确定一个项目的可行性，该项目将 最终回答三个问题：1.儿童的死亡率是多少 特定的亚裔老年人口？2.死亡率有差异吗？ 对于按出生地划分的特定亚裔美国人群体来说，这是在美国出生的 与外国出生的人相比？3.出生日期信息对 在外国出生的亚裔美国人？ 试点项目包括这些具体目标：a)获得 来自医疗保健筹资管理局的登记数据库 (HCFA)适用于老年参与者。B)名称算法的构造 用于识别具有特定亚洲血统的人，使用文件 可在社会保障管理局获得。C)获取初始 姓名算法识别的人数的计数 在注册数据库中。

The Asian American population, including the elderly, is growing at a remarkable rate, primarily due to immigration. Current data suggest that this may be the longest lived population in the world. If these estimates are correct, this population should be an important consideration in theoretical work concerned with maximal longevity. However, there may be serious problems with death rates ( and life expectancies) derived from dual data sources for this population. In addition, the quality of age information is not known for the immigrant Asian population. Further, the aggregate Asian American and Pacific Islander race category is of such diversity, constantly changing in composition, that death rates for more precisely defined Asian ethnic groups would have clearer meaning. Should death rates truely be so low, an important question is whether they are largely attributable to a healthy immigrant effect. This pilot study will establish the feasibility of a project which would ultimately answer three questions: 1. What are the death rates for specific elderly Asian American population? 2. Do death rates differ for specific Asian American groups by place of birth, that is U.S.-born versus foreign-born? 3. Is date of birth information reliable for foreign-born Asian American? The pilot project includes these specific aims: a) Obtaining the Enrollment Database from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) for elderly enrollees. b) The construction of name algorithms for identifying persons with specific Asian ancestries, using files available at the Social Security Administration. c) Obtaining initial counts of the number of persons identified by the name algorithms within the Enrollment Database.