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Murphy SL, Xu J, Kochanek KD. 2013. Deaths: Final data for 2010. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 107 pp. (National vital statistics reports; v. 61, no. 4)

Riley RW. 2010. Health starts where we learn. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 8 pp. (Vulnerable populations portfolio)

Annotation: This essay discusses how improving education levels can increase life expectancy more effectively than medical advances can. It also discusses how schools can be used as opportunities to improve the health of a significant portion of the population each day. In addition, the essay describes an increase in sales tax that was dedicated to improving education in South Carolina.

Keywords: Advocacy, Children, Educational attainment, Health promotion, Life expectancy, Oral health, Social factors, South Carolina, State initiatives

Child Trends DataBank. [2007]. Life expectancy. [Washington, DC]: Child Trends DataBank, 9 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet describes trends in life expectancy for newborns over their lifetime. Topics include the importance of tracking such data, trends in childhood mortality and lifetime expectancy, differences by gender and race, sources for international estimates, and national goals, Information is provided on definitions used in the fact sheet, data sources, reference notes; statistical data are represented in three figures and two tables.

Keywords: Goals, Life expectancy, Longevity, Mortality, Racial factors, Sex characteristics, Statistical data

Molla MT, Madans JH, Wagener DK, Crimmins EM. 2003. Summary measures of population health: Report of findings on methodologic and data issues. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 66 pp.

Annotation: This report presents findings of research that was initiated in response to recommendations made at a workshop titled Identifying Summary Measures for Healthy People 2010, held on September 17-18, 1998, in College Park, Maryland. The report focuses on methodological and data issues. It provides definitions of concepts and methods for calculating the recommended summary measures, evaluates a number of possible measures of morbidity, reviews the trends over a decade for one measure of healthy life expectancy, and examines the effects of combining data from different sources. Statistical information is presented in tables and figures throughout the report. The report includes a reference list.

Keywords: Data, Healthy People 2010, Life expectancy, Morbidity, Research, Trends

National Center for Health Statistics. 1969. Vital statistics of the United States, 19__. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, annual.

Annotation: This statistical summary, produced annually since 1945, provides information on mortality and life expectancy for the U.S. population. It includes a brief history of the production, collection, and preparation of the tables; provides statistics by age, race, and sex; and contains explanatory text for the data found in the tables.

Keywords: Demographics, Life expectancy, Mortality, Statistics, Vital statistics
   

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