In certain countries of the former Soviet Union, apparent mortality trends are distorted by phases of improvement or deterioration in data quality. In Moldova, the quality of infant mortality statistics improved suddenly in the 1970s, but still poses problems to this day. The change in the 1970s...

Meslé France and Vallin Jacques. ? The Population in Psychiatrie Hospitals. Changes in Morbidity or Changes in Medical Practice ? The decrease in the population in psychiatric hospitals which began after the end of the war has become more pronounced during the 1970s. The decline was greater for...

Meslé France. ? Cancer and Food. The Case of Cancer of the Intestine and Cancer of the Rectum. Cancers of the intestine and the rectum are the second most important cause of death from malignant tumours in France. The development of mortality of cancer of the colon since 1950 has been...

M es lé France and Vallin Jacques. - Reconstitution of Annual Mortality Tables in 19th Century France. Since the 1950's, as a result of work by Jean Bourgeois-Pichat. a series of triennial abridged tables of mortality centered on census years has become available. General trends are, therefore...