Early-life conditions, Social Mobility and Longevity

描述（申请人摘要）： 发达国家正在迅速老龄化， 死亡率意味着这一过程将继续下去， 在医疗保健、养老金等方面的公共支出。拟议项目的目的是 提高对个人健康和死亡率决定因素的认识 人口、流行病和社会经济因素 控制老化过程。更具体地说，该项目将评估 早期生活条件的相对重要性，生命历程的转变， 老年人普遍的生活条件和公共卫生干预措施 健康和死亡率。这些知识对于改善对气候变化的预测至关重要。 老年人口的未来规模和健康状况， 养老金和医疗保健支出，以及设计公共卫生 促进健康和降低老年人死亡率的干预措施。研究 生命早期状况对老年死亡率的影响需要 个人的生活史涵盖了很长一段时间。该项目带来 将四个欧洲国家的适当纵向数据汇总在一起， 对这些问题进行比较分析。

DESCRIPTION (applicant's abstract): The population of the developed world is rapidly aging, and recent decreases in old-age mortality imply this process will continue, with enormous implications for public spending on health care, pensions etc. The aim of the proposed project is to improve understanding of determinants of individual health and mortality in old age and the demographic, epidemiological and socioeconomic factors governing the ageing process. More specifically, the project will assess the relative importance of early-life conditions, life course transitions, prevailing living conditions and public health interventions for later-life health and mortality. This knowledge is essential for improving forecasts of the future size and health of the elderly population in anticipation of future expenditures on pensions and medical care, and for designing public health interventions to promote health and reduce mortality at older ages. Studying the impact of early-life conditions on mortality in old age requires individual life histories covering long periods of time. This project brings together appropriate longitudinal data for four European countries in a comparative analysis of these issues.