Burgio (Alessandra), Frova (Luisa). - Mortality Projections by Causes of Death, Extrapolation of Trends, or Age-Period-Cohort Models An age-cohort model is used to project mortality from specific causes and the results are compared with those from a more determinist method of analyzing times...

The prevalence of bad self-rated health (SRH) varies considerably across countries. Here we present the results of a cross-national comparative study based on the data of National Health Surveys conducted in France and Italy. According to these data, 11% of the Italian and 6% of the French adult...

This paper performs a systematic analysis of all currently available Russian data on mortality by region, census year (1970, 1979, 1989, and 1994) and cause of death. It investigates what links may be found between these geographical variations in cause-specific mortality, the negative general...

The well-known Oeppen-Vaupel straight line of maximum female life expectancies showed that the highest life expectancy observed in a given year increased linearly from 1840 to 2000. Their analysis fueled major controversy, especially when used to extrapolate future improvements in life...

In the most advanced countries, child mortality and adult mortality under age 65 years have fallen so low that further improvement in life expectancy relies almost completely on the decline of mortality at older ages. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced among women, who are far ahead of...

In certain countries of the former Soviet Union, apparent mortality trends are distorted by phases of improvement or deterioration in data quality. In Moldova, the quality of infant mortality statistics improved suddenly in the 1970s, but still poses problems to this day. The change in the 1970s...

Jusque dans les années 1970, une épidémie de grippe faisait directement de 10 000 à 20 000 morts, auxquelles il faut ajouter les décès dus aux complications de la maladie. La mise au point d'un vaccin efficace, constamment remanié en fonction des mutations du virus, a permis de diviser la...