Mortality in an International Perspective

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...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Anson, Jon (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Luy, Marc (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Σειρά:European Studies of Population, 18
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction: Recent themes in mortality research: Jon Anson and Marc Luy
  • Estimating Life Expectancy in Small Areas, with an Application to Recent Changes in Life Expectancy in US Counties: Peter Congdon
  • Socioeconomic determinants of mortality in Europe: Validation of recent models using the latest available data and short-term forecasts: Jeroen Spijker
  • Social Disparities in the Evolution of an Epidemiological Profile: Transition Processes in Mortality between 1971 and 2008 in an Industrialized Middle Income Country – The Case of Hungary: Katalin Kovács
  • Predicting Mortality from Profiles of Biological Risk and Performance Measures of Functioning: Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Latrica E. Best, Jung Ki Kim and Eileen M. Crimmins
  • Approaches to the assessment of alcohol-related losses in the Russian population: V. G. Semyonova, N. S. Gavrilova, T. P.  Sabgayda, O. M. Antonova, S. Yu Nikitina, and G. N. Evdokushkina
  • Infant mortality measurement and rate of progress on international commitments: a matter of methods or of guarantees of rights? Some evidence from Argentina: María Marta Santillán Pizarro, Eleonora Soledad Rojas Cabrera and Dora Estela Celton
  • Avoidable Factors Contributing to Maternal Deaths in Turkey: İlknur Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu, Ahmet Sinan Türkyılmaz and İsmet Koç
  • Changes in Mortality at Older Ages: The case of Spain (1975- 2006): Rosa Gómez Redondo, Juan Manuel García González and Aina Faus Bertomeu
  • Excess Mortality Risks in Institutions: The Influence of Health and Disability Status: Michel Poulain, Anne Herm and Jon Anson
  • Life expectancy differences in Cuba: Are females lessening their advantage over males?: Madelín Gómez and Esther Maria León
  • Variable scales of avoidable mortality within the Russian population: T. P. Sabgayda, V. G. Semyonova, A. E. Ivanova and V. I. Starodubov
  • Long-term mortality decline in East Asia, with particular reference to changes in age patterns of mortality and major causes of death: Z. Zhao, E. Tu and J. Zhao.