whole population, for (ii) females, for (iii) males and for (iv) the gender gap in overall mortality. Convergence … mortality rates as indicators for the health status and analyse the convergence/divergence of overall mortality for (i) the … Concordance) are used to test for absolute and conditional beta-convergence in mortality. We find mixed results for the inequality …

, research has mainly focused on excess female mortality in Asia. However, as emphasized in our earlier research, at least 30 per … of missing women is distributed across Africa. Moreover, it provides estimates of the extent of excess female mortality … mortality for women in Africa. …