greater degree among nonwhites, are cardiovascular disease, cancer, infant mortality, accidents, and homicide.
The social and economic consequences of attacking early death, Vau- pel writes, are less disruptive than those of extending old age. Reduc- tions in early deaths would be unlikely to produce major demographic changes in the population. Designing programs to deal with the prob- lem will nevertheless be a vast undertaking, Vaupel acknowledges. New funds for "early death" research,...