The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging
With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiolo
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Jacob S. Siegel
The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging
In consultation with S. Jay Olshansky
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Jacob S. Siegel J. Stuart Siegel Demographic Services Nicholson Lane 5809 20852-5710 North Bethesda Maryland Unit 808 USA [email protected]
In Consultation with S. Jay Olshansky School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago West Taylor Street 1603 60186 Chicago Illinois Room 885 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-1314-7 e-ISBN 978-94-007-1315-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1315-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011929938 c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Irv, Ronnie, and Dave and our parents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Health demography and its companion, the epidemiology of aging, are not well defined fields among the academic areas of study. A subdiscipline of demography labeled health demography has been identified and it essentially applies the materials, methods, and perspectives of demography to the study of health. Health demography overlaps greatly with the epidemiology of aging, and the distinction mainly reflects the difference in the academic training of the analyst. This book tries to set forth the basic materials of this area of study and to give it more formal definition and scope. Health demography and the epidemiology of aging incorporate materials from a number of established disciplines, mainly sociology, demography, epidemiology, public health, gerontology, and actuarial science, but also bioethics, genetics, biostatistics, biology, medicine, geography, and computer science. Although the list above is long, the natural home of the subject is in departments of gerontology, demography, and epidemiology. The scope of the subject, as I envision it, is suggested by the Table of Contents of the book. It is apparent that I cover a broad area. The field ranges from the highly theoretical to the very practical. I deal with the theories regarding human aging and longevity, derived from molecular and evolutionary biology and biodemography, as well as with the issues involved in the expansion of hospital facilities in a city by local health administrators, derived from applied demography and spatial epidemiology. I consider the range of theories regarding the question of how long humans can live, and I consider the practical problems of how to bring demographic and epidemiological methods, materials, and perspectives to serve the health needs of local communities. The book des
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