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Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of ‘women and children first’ gives women a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters, and that captains and crew give priority to passengers. We analyze a database of 18 maritime disasters...
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is the territorial closeness and the long mutual past. The mortality rate of the working age population (15–60 years old …
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The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the eighth in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger. It shows that the world has made some progress in reducing hunger since 1990, but still has far to go. The 2013 GHI report focuses...
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egalitarian grounds - although the conclusion is reversed when mortality strikes only after retirement. …
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We analyze the effects of neighborhood characteristics on the mortality of black male youth in families relocated … placement neighborhood characteristics were associated with lower male youth mortality rates after controlling for household and … important predictors of male youth mortality than characteristics related to race, poverty, or family composition. …
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extrapolative models developed for forecasting total life expectancy could be applied, but instead of projecting total mortality and …
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The purpose of this study is to see if older people who are able to forgive themselves have a lower mortality risk than …-forgiveness and mortality will be contingent upon the level of an older individual’s education. More specifically, it is predicted … mortality benefit for less educated elders. But as the level of educational attainment rises, self-forgiveness is associated …
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This article aims to investigate the effect of sudden changes in external conditions on human mortality levels and age … of the shock on the rate of mortality increase by age is missing. In the case of a shock, three scenarios may occur …: mortality may be raised proportionally at all ages, more at older ages, or more at younger ages. Two cases of natural mortality …
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Paying health facilities incentives based on their performance is one form of results-based financing (RBF). Verification of the performance of the providers is a vital part of RBF program implementation. Burundi was one of the first African countries to introduce performance-based financing...
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The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
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