Seasonality in Human Mortality A Demographic Approach /

• Main Author: Rau, Roland (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Demographic Research Monographs, A Series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany,
• Subjects: Public health.; Epidemiology.; Statistics.; Population.; Sociology.; Demography.; Economics.; Population Economics.; Public Health.; Sociology, general.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

Seasonal fluctuations in mortality are a persistent phenomenon across populations. In Western countries of the Northern hemisphere, mortality is typically larger in winter than in summer which is attributed to the detrimental effects of cold to health. This does, however, not explain why in colder c...

Table of Contents:

• Literature Review
• Measuring Seasonality
• Seasonal Analysis of Death Counts in the United States
• The Impact of Social Factors on Excess Winter Mortality in Denmark
• Outlook: The Impact of Reducing Cold-Related Mortality
• Concluding Chapter: Summary of Findings.