Using data for six OECD countries, this paper studies the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the mortality index kt … relationship between the state of the economy and mortality is found to change from procyclical to countercyclical in all six … variation in the mortality index. -- Demography ; Lee-Carter ; business cycle ; time series model …

from millions of digitized books for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. While existing measures go back at most … measures where available. The relationship with life expectancy is significant and positive. Infant mortality correlates …

go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …