Session 68:
Old age health/mortality

Chair: Emmanuelle Cambois, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

1. Cognitive life cycle development: a cross-country cohort study Vegard Skirbekk, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Valeria Bordone, Vienna University of Economics and Business; Daniela Weber, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);

2. Correlates of the incidence of disability and mortality among older adult Brazilians with and without diabetes and stroke Flavia Andrade, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Pilar Guevara, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maria Lebrao, Universidade de São Paulo; Yeda Duarte, Universidade de São Paulo;

3. Differences in incidence and prevalence in long-term care among the elderly in Germany: the role of education Olga G. Grigorieva, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Gabriele Doblhammer-Reiter, University of Rostock;

4. Higher mortality risks for older people in institutional care: a comparison of Belgium and England and Wales Emily Grundy, University of Cambridge; Michel Poulain, Université Catholique de Louvain and Tallinn University;

5. Mortality in old age. The epidemiologic transition among elderly in Sweden 1911-2010 Sören Edvinsson, Umeå University;

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