Mortality in an International Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Anson, Jon (Editor), Luy, Marc (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: European Studies of Population, 18
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Medical research.; Population.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Quality of life.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Public Health.; Population Economics.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Quality of Life Research.

This volume presents a state of the art coverage of the measurement and evolution of mortality over time. It describes in great detail the changes in the cause patterns of mortality, the changes in mortality patterns at different ages, and specific analyses of mortality in particular countries. Deri...