months from census day, we computed standardized mortality ratios for nine religious groups (including groups with no … religion and religion not stated) in the city of Vienna. Relative mortality risk is above average for Roman Catholics (1 ….01), but below average for Protestants (0.98) and people with no religion (0.97). Very low mortality risks are found for …

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 …

mortality countries. Because these populations previously experienced strong decreases in infant mortality, the future mortality … trends will be driven mainly by mortality among the old and oldest-old. The paper gathers empirical background data and … theoretical considerations about past and likely future determinants of mortality including smoking, obesity, biomedical progress …

We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … detailed measures of cognitive ability and family background at age 12. The data are subsequently linked to the mortality … register 1995-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that at least half of the …