Mortality patterns in national populations : with special reference to recorded causes of death /

Mortality Patterns in National Populations: With Special Reference to Recorded Causes of Death aims to interpret the account left by millions of death certificates that have been recorded in 43 nations. The book discusses a """"model"""" of the cause structure...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Preston, Samuel H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, �1976.
Colección:Studies in population.
Temas:
Mortality.
Vital statistics.
Life expectancy.
Death > Causes.
Life Expectancy
Mortality
Vital Statistics
Cause of Death
D�ec�es > Causes.
Mortalit�e.
Statistiques d�emographiques.
Esp�erance de vie.
Statistiques de l'�etat civil.
mortality.
demographics.
Life expectancy
Death > Causes
Vital statistics
Sterfte.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Mortality Patterns in National Populations: With Special Reference to Recorded Causes of Death; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; Nature of Data Base; Scheme of the Analysis; CHAPTER 2. Structure and Change in Causes of Death: An International Summary; Linear Model of Variation in the Cause Structure of Mortality; Association among Causes; with Emphasis on Cardiovascular Disease and Other and Unknown Causes
  • Contribution of Various Causes to Mortality Decline as a Function of Mortality Level
  • Populations with Unusual Cause-of-Death StructureRegional Variation in Cause-of-Death Structure; Changes in Cause-of-Death Structure; Summary; CHAPTER 3. Effect of Various Causes on the Chances of Death and Longevity; The Chances of Dying from a Particular Cause of Death; Effect of Various Causes on the Length of Life; Effect of Various Causes on Expected Years of Productive Life; CHAPTER 4. Contribution of Economic Factors to Declines in Mortality during the Twentieth Century; Types of Relationships; The Relations Reexamined; Summary
  • Appendix 4A: Estimates of Life Expectancy and Per Capita National Income in Three Decades of the Twentieth CenturyAppendix 4B: Data Employed to Decompose Change in Life Expectancy from 1930's to 1960's; CHAPTER 5. Causes of Death and Age Patterns of Mortality; Average Age Patterns of Mortality; Variations in Age Patterns of Mortality; Variation in Model Age Patterns Attributed to Varying Causes of Death Structures; Illustration of the Importance of Cause-of-Death Structure for Divergencies in Age Patterns of Mortality: The Coale-Demeny Models
  • Turning the Problem on Its Head: Causes of Death and the ""African Standard""Model Mortality Patterns Based on Causes of Death; CHAPTER 6. Causes of Death Responsible for Variation in Sex Mortality Differentials; Comparative Mortality of the Sexes by Age and Cause as a Function of Mortality Level; Measuring Sex Mortality Differentials for Individual Populations; Aggregate Contribution of Individual Causes of Death to Sex Mortality Differentials; Relations among the Differentials for Particular Causes of Death; Sex Mortality Differentials in Each Population
  • Regional and Temporal Variation in Sex Mortality DifferentialsTrends in Sex Mortality Differentials; Environmental Factors Associated with Sex Mortality Differentials; Data; Correlation Results; Regression Results; Discussion; Socioeconomic Factors and Regional Patterns; Summary; Appendix 6A: Sources of Data and Construction of Measures Used in the Cross-Sectional Analysis; CHAPTER 7. Demographic and Social Consequences of Various Causes of Death in the United States; United States Life Tables with Various Causes of Death Eliminated; Female Dominant Projections with Constant Fertility

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