with our larger project on the valuation of morbidity and mortality risk reductions for policy analysis. This is a â …

In this paper we analyze if an `urban mortality penalty\' exists for today\'s developing countries, repeating the …-Saharan African countries for differences in child and adult mortality between rural and urban areas. Our findings indicate that child … mortality is higher in rural areas for almost all countries. On average child mortality rates are 13.6 percent in rural areas …

estimation of mortality using the capital city of 22 OECD countries from the period 1990 to 2008. The empirical results provide … strong evidences that higher income and a lower unemployment rate could reduce mortality rates, while the increases in … precipitation and temperature variation have significantly positive impacts on the mortality rates. The effects of changing average …

Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality … utility through its status. The decline in mortality stimulates investment and generates an income stream which promotes …-seeking is strong, then the decline of mortality decreases population growth below its original level. …

Background— Women with acute myocardial infarction have a higher hospital mortality rate than men. This difference has … study is to assess these factors in relation to excess mortality in women. Methods and Results— All hospital admissions in … regression on mortality was performed for age, comorbidities, and coronary interventions. Nonparametric microsimulation models …

comprising fertility, mortality, and migration. [Working Paper No. 322] …

significant and substantively strong association with lower infant mortality. Most other political factors are found to be …