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 …

We estimate the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers. To overcome the problem of … cardiovascular disorders among eligible workers, suggesting that changes in health-related behavior explain increased mortality among …

We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … the available data for the last century. Our main result is that mortality changes and growth of income per capita account … for a major part of the fertility change characterizing the demographic transition. The change of mortality alone, however …

mortality (premature death) and morbidity (lower productivity and quality of life). The theory offers three main insights. First …