This working paper examines differences in life expectancy at birth across time, space and sexes, focusing on two origins: 1) changes in age-specific mortality rates; and 2) changes in age-specific mortality rates by cause of death. We use decomposition methods in life expectancy differentials...

This working paper proposes an indicator that integrates life expectancy with the demographic structure of the pop ulation for a given society, combining the simple indica tors of mortality and aging. Life expectancy at birth is in-dependent of the demographic structure of the population and is,...

Este documento de trabajo analiza las tendencias recientes en las causas de muerte en España a partir de la información suministrada por las tablas de vida de decrementos múltiples. El análisis se extiende al máximo periodo disponible, 1975-2008, y ofrece información de carácter regional....