TY - BOOK
T1 - Mortality in an International Perspective
A2 - Anson, Jon
A2 - Luy, Marc
N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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. Derived from a meeting of the European Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality held at the Vienna Institute of Demography, September 2011, it presents a cross-section of the work and concerns of mortality researchers across Europe, ranging from London and Madrid in the west to Moscow in the east, with a few additions from further afield. Although most of the papers focus on a particular population, the range of the papers is broad; taken together they present an inter-disciplinary cross-section of this multi-faceted field. Coverage includes estimating life expectancy in small areas, with an application to recent changes in US counties; socioeconomic determinants of mortality in Europe using the latest available data and short-term forecasts; predicting mortality from profiles of biological risk and performance measures of functioning; infant mortality measurement and rate of progress on international commitment using evidence from Argentina; avoidable factors contributing to maternal deaths in Turkey; changes in mortality at older ages: the case of Spain (1975- 2006); variable scales of avoidable mortality within the Russian population; long-term mortality decline in East Asia, and much more. Perspectives in Mortality Research will serve as a valuable resource for professionals and students in sociology, demography, public health and personal finance.
AB - 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. Derived from a meeting of the European Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality held at the Vienna Institute of Demography, September 2011, it presents a cross-section of the work and concerns of mortality researchers across Europe, ranging from London and Madrid in the west to Moscow in the east, with a few additions from further afield. Although most of the papers focus on a particular population, the range of the papers is broad; taken together they present an inter-disciplinary cross-section of this multi-faceted field. Coverage includes estimating life expectancy in small areas, with an application to recent changes in US counties; socioeconomic determinants of mortality in Europe using the latest available data and short-term forecasts; predicting mortality from profiles of biological risk and performance measures of functioning; infant mortality measurement and rate of progress on international commitment using evidence from Argentina; avoidable factors contributing to maternal deaths in Turkey; changes in mortality at older ages: the case of Spain (1975- 2006); variable scales of avoidable mortality within the Russian population; long-term mortality decline in East Asia, and much more. Perspectives in Mortality Research will serve as a valuable resource for professionals and students in sociology, demography, public health and personal finance.
KW - Mortality
KW - World health
KW - Alcohol-realted losses in the Russian population
KW - Changes in cause patterns of mortality
KW - Changes in mortality at older ages
KW - Changes in mortality patterns at different age
KW - Estimating life expectancy in small areas
KW - European Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality
KW - Infant mortality measurement
KW - Inner- and inter-disciplinary research and collaborations
KW - Life expectancy differences
KW - Long-term mortality decline
KW - Maternal deaths in Turkey
KW - Measurement and evolution of mortality over time
KW - Mortality research across Europe
KW - Predicting mortality
KW - Recent changes in life expectancy in US Countries
KW - Socioeconomic determinants of mortality in Europe
KW - Specific analysis of mortality
KW - Study of mortality
KW - The influende of health and disability status
KW - Themes in mortality research
KW - Transition processes in mortality
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-03029-6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-03029-6
M3 - Book
SN - 9783319030289
SN - 978-3-319-35352-4
VL - 18
T3 - European studies of population
BT - Mortality in an International Perspective
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -