that death rates declined differently for males and females and that the rate of mortality decline was not constant over …

centenarians largely depends on mortality features between 80 and 100 years. This study aims to cast light on our knowledge of … elderly mortality differentials, total and by cause of death, in Sardinia, and attempts to verify this hypothesis. To do so …, an analysis is conducted of age and sex mortality trends over time at province and municipality level. Results fully …

Background: Prior estimates of the Russian mortality by socio-demographic group revealed significant differentials … used for estimation of mortality in this study, along with similar register-based data from Helsinki and Oslo. Data and … the LRC cohort, mortality of men with high education is close to the city average for Helsinki and Oslo. Absolute inter …

shows that such a "tempo bias" can occur in age-specific mortality as well: if the age distribution of cohort deaths shifts …

This study tests five hypotheses concerning trends in gender differences in accidents mortality and accident … differences have decreased for amount of driving, motor vehicle accidents mortality, and occupational accidents mortality. However …, for many types of accidents mortality, gender differences were stable or increased; these trends often resulted from the …

Perinatal mortality rates have dropped sharply in the past few decades, in the Netherlands as well as in all other … position in the international ranking of countries with favourable perinatal mortality rates. This lower ranking is not only … article examines the effect on perinatal mortality rates of known risk factors, in particular the presence of non …

responsible for more years of life lost in 2000 than in 1970 despite the fact that declines in cancer mortality contributed to …

fertility, migration, and mortality. Both disciplines share a common research object, namely human populations, and they focus …

This article analyses changes in marital status differences in mortality from approximately 1970 to 1995 among men and … sources. According to the results there has been a trend towards increasing excess mortality among single men compared to … the 1980s and 1990s. This has been brought about by a more rapid decline in mortality among married persons and a slower …