effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital … statistics records from a large developing country, Mexico. Using a measure of storm exposure that accounts for both windspeed … dispersion and population density along the storm track, I project changes in past storm-related mortality under various …

Historically, improvements in the quality of municipal drinking water made important contributions to mortality decline … today. We investigate this puzzle by analyzing an abrupt, large-scale municipal water disinfection program in Mexico in 1991 … that increased the share of Mexico's population receiving chlorinated water from 55% to 85% within six months. We find that …

Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in … late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … increases a woman's probability of having a CS. Also, delivery-related birth outcomes improve: maternal mortality, birth …

macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular …

development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our research design exploits the variation in the timing of the deployment … mortality rates. According to our point estimates, a one-percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to natural gas … services would lower the overall mortality rate by 1.4 percent, the adult mortality rate by 1.9 percent, and the elderly …

mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between 1940 and 1967. The data include detailed information on both …

Large differences in mortality rates across those with different levels of education are a well- established fact. This … association between mortality and education may partly be explained by confounding factors, including cognitive ability. Cognitive … the impact of education on mortality using inverse probability weighted (IPW) estimators, using either cognitive ability …

at age 40 to 50. However, we show that among infants, children, and young adults, mortality has been falling more quickly … in poorer areas with the result that inequality in mortality has fallen substantially over time. This is an important … that today's children are likely to face considerably less inequality in mortality as they age than current adults. We also …