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ERIC Number: EJ1293183
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2322
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Evidence of Continued Reduction in the Age-at-Death Disparity between Adults with and without Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities
Landes, Scott D.; McDonald, Katherine E.; Wilmoth, Janet M.; Carter Grosso, Erika
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, v34 n3 p916-920 May 2021
Background: This study examines recent trends in the age-at-death disparity between adults with and without intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in the United States. Method: Data were from the 2005-2017 U.S. death certificates. Average age at death was compared between adults whose death certificate did or did not report an intellectual and/or developmental disability. Results: Age at death increased minimally for adults without, but markedly for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. As a result, the age-at-death disparity decreased: 2.2 years between adults with/without intellectual disability; 1.9 years between adults with/without Down syndrome; 2.7 years between adults with/without cerebral palsy; and 5.1 years between adults with/without rare developmental disabilities. Conclusion: Evidence from this study demonstrates that the age-at-death disparity between adults who did or did not have an intellectual and/or developmental disability reported on their death certificate continues to decrease, but the magnitude of the remaining disparity varied considerably by type of disability.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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