explanatory power in predicting future mortality and is therefore a useful measure of morbidity. Finally, we suggest that the …

In this study we analyze the relationship between heat events and mortality in Germany. The main research questions are …: Does heat lead to rising mortality and if yes, are the effects persistent or compensated for in the near future …? Furthermore, we consider differences between heat effects in urban and rural environments. Cause specific daily mortality and …

and mortality, paying particular attention to possible differences by sex and region. Higher parity is associated with …

A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in … mortality and cause of death statistics based on detailed regional data. The results indicate that there was indeed an increase … in mortality rates which cannot be dismissed as a statistical artefact. Next, the paper discusses various theories …

ensure the available information is exploited. To demonstrate its application, data on mortality following hospital treatment … for treatment costs. We relied on the Ontario Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality Prediction Rules as a disease … in hospital costs by 100 to increase the hazard of dying, i.e. mortality, by 0.43%. The negative association between …