Compression of mortality is measured here in four ways: (1) by standard deviation of the age at death above the mode … modern populations, all four measures show convincingly that the secular transition from high to low mortality has been … accompanied by general and massive compression of mortality. In recent decades, however, this development has come close to …

-clinical disciplines to better understand the link between functioning/diseases/ vulnerability and mortality, ii) the male-female health …-survival paradox (i.e., males report better health than females, but encounter higher mortality at all ages), and how this paradox may …

other developed countries in order to ascertain whether Canada experiences a distinct low mortality profile. The evaluation … basis of two mortality indicators for the 80-99 age-interval lead to the same conclusion: Canadian mortality is lower than …

constant linear mortality shifts the tempo-adjusted period indicator translates exactly to the cohort born e¤0 (t) years …

This paper presents estimates of changes in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality between the 1980s and the 1990s in … nine European countries. The best available evidence shows that relative inequalities in mortality generally widened, while … accurate and detailed assessment of change in inequalities in mortality. These illustrations stressed the importance of …

Mortality follow-up of two census samples allowed an estimate of socio-economic differentials in mortality for old men … mortality differentials after 60 years of age. Over the 1960-65 and 1990-95 periods mortality differentials remained constant … least skilled manual workers. Educational status has an impact on the mortality risks, independently from occupational …

Trends of Mortality". The seminar was held in Rostock (Germany) on 19-21 of June 2002. The seminar encouraged studies on … adverse mortality trends and widening mortality differentials between and within countries. The introduction to the collection … argues that mortality divergence is a new and significant phenomenon in global population health. It then presents the …

Analyses of routine data have established that the extreme mortality fluctuations among young and middle-aged men are … other industrialised countries. A case-control study has been used to identify factors associated with mortality among men … level was significantly associated with mortality from circulatory diseases and external causes in a crude analysis. However …