Der Tod macht alle Menschen gleich, dennoch sind nicht alle gleichmäßig betroffen. Unterschiede in der Sterblichkeit …. Eine Analyse der allgemeinen Sterblichkeit von Deutschen Bürgern im Alter von 20 bis 49 im Jahre 2004 wurde durchgeführt … die Sterblichkeit in Deutschland stärker einem Nord\Ost-Sued\West-Trend als einem einem Ost-West-Trend. Das Pro …

censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and ….e. breastfeeding and post-partum abstinence; and a reduction in the level of sterility. As far as trends in mortality are concerned …

This paper develops a theory of optimal fertility behavior under mortality shocks. In an OLG model, young adults … determine their optimal fertility, labor supply and life-cycle consumption with both exogenous child and adult mortality risks …. We show that a rise in adult mortality exerts an ambiguous effect on both net and total fertility in a general …

Registration of births, recording deaths by age, sex and cause, and calculating mortality levels and differentials are … cause-specific mortality data that are more complete and continuous than those currently available. The tools and methods … research and development monitoring. If the global community wishes to have mortality measurements 5 or 10 years hence, the …

This paper examines the impact of breastfeeding practices on the large regional differences in infant mortality in … Germany around 1910. Breastfeeding is strongly negatively associated with infant mortality and remains so after controlling … for public health measures and for demographic, economic, and social factors that also affect infant mortality. But it …