Martha, who is african american, is 102 years old. The oldest European American woman currently is 98 years old. This reflects race crossover.
What is race crossover?
The convergence, intersection, and inversion of the age-specific mortality curves of two different race groups in a population, where one group experiences higher mortality for the majority of the life span up until a given advanced age and then experiences lower mortality for the remainder of the life span, is known as a race crossover in longevity (mortality).
The paradoxical nature of the race crossover is attributed to its contradiction with the well-established inverse relationship between socioeconomic level and mortality. Additionally, it is at odds with empirical data showing a link between high mortality rates at young ages and high mortality rates at older ages. Poor data quality and population selection are the two main theories that have been put out to explain the race crossover.
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