Rettaroli, Rosella; Roli, Giulia; Samoggia, Alessandra - In: Statistica 69 (2009) 1, pp. 89-111
The paper presents some preliminary results of a project devoted to the analysis of adult and elderly mortality evolution in a Northern Italian region, Emilia Romagna, during the health transition. Starting from the construction of 14 period life tables (1871-2007) according to a standardised...