Dr. Hui Zheng, Department of Sociology
Rank at the time of award: Assistant Professor
Abstract
This project intends to investigate historical changes in mortality rates and mortality dispersions over the past two centuries in 15 developed countries and examine the mechanisms that may account for these changes, including aging, epidemiologic transition, the intrinsic relationship between mortality rate and mortality dispersion, and reemerging infectious diseases. This project will contribute to the cutting-edge research in population and health: (1) whether there is a limit to human life span; (2) whether increasing health disparities is a universal phenomenon in the developed countries; and (3) why U.S. may be different from other developed countries with regard to the trends of mortality rate and mortality dispersion.
Publications resulting from this seed grant
2019. Zheng, Hui and Siwei Cheng. “A Simulation Study of the Role of Cohort Forces in Mortality Patterns.” Biodemography Soc Biol. 2018 Jul-Sep; 64(3-4): 216–236. PMCID: PMC6927337
2016. Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang and Kenneth C Land. “Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries.” Population Research and Policy Review 35: 49-71. PMCID: PMC5270709
2014. Zheng, Hui. "Aging in the Context of Cohort Evolution and Mortality Selection", Demography, 51: 1295-1317. PMCID: PMC4110171