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 …'s physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas … late motherhood is associated with lower psychological well-being in East Germany. Moreover, among Western German women …

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …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 …

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

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 …

ischaemic heart diseases (IHD) inWest and East Germany from 1996 to 2004. Our main result reveals that the number of … avoidable mortality from IHD.This is important, as the modernization of the East German health sector included a considerable … catch-up process in the number of IC facilities provided relative to West Germany. …

Gender inequalities in mortality/life expectancy have been a major area of research in the social sciences since the … shed some light on two related questions: (i) Which socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality? (ii) Are … male and female mortality rates determined by different socioeconomic factors and in different shapes? We use aggregated …

Gender inequalities in longevity/mortality are a major area of research since the 1970s. Despite substantial insights … on the question, to which extent socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality for important causes of … aggregated mortality data from Austria both at the community and the district level covering the time period 1969 - 2004. By …

I investigate the effect of income on mortality of the pensioners, com- paring three subsequent policy periods in …- come on health. I estimate that lower pension did not change the mortality rate. The results are confirmed using both …