convergence of adult mortality rates among the rich of the world, particularly men. Globalization would do much for global health …Disease has traveled with goods and people since the earliest times. Armed globalization spread disease, to the extent … of eliminating entire populations. The geography of disease shaped patterns of colonization and industrialization …

The demographic transition --the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality …

This paper presents and critically discusses a vast array of evidence on the determinants of mortality reductions in … in income and nutrition. We then characterize the age and cause of death profile of changes in mortality and ask what can …

estimate the causal effect of admission to a higher-rated SNF on health care outcomes, including mortality. We found that … patients who go to higher-rated SNFs experience lower mortality, fewer days in the nursing home, and fewer hospital …

mortality, fertility, and the economy in the short and medium run. The role of nonpharmaceutical interventions in shaping those …

Life expectancy in the United States fares poorly in international comparisons, primarily because of high mortality … blood pressure or cholesterol. We consider in greater depth mortality from prostate cancer and breast cancer, diseases for … dominant role. We show that the US has had significantly faster declines in mortality from these two diseases than comparison …