ISBN:
9780309157339
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 418 S.
,
graph. Darst.
DDC:
304.6/4
Keywords:
Sterblichkeit
;
Gesundheitsrisiko
;
Gesundheitsversorgung
;
Vergleich
;
USA
;
Europa
;
Industrieländer
;
Longevity
;
Mortality
;
Life Expectancy
;
Aged
;
Cross-Cultural Comparison
;
Developed Countries
;
Middle Aged
;
Mortality
;
Sammelwerk
;
USA
;
Alter
;
Sterblichkeit
;
Lebenserwartung
;
Internationaler Vergleich
Abstract:
Diverging trends in life expectancy at age 50 : a look at causes of death / Dana A. Glei, France Mesle, and Jacques Vallin -- Are international differences in health similar to international differences in life-expectancy? / Eileen M. Crimmins, Krista Garcia, and Jung Ki Kim -- Contribution of smoking to international differences in life expectancy / Samuel H. Preston, Dana A. Glei, and John R. Wilmoth -- Divergent patterns of smoking across high-income nations / Fred Pampel -- Can obesity account for cross-national differences in life expectancy trends? / Dawn E. Alley, Jennifer Lloyd, and Michelle Shardell -- The contribution of physical activity to divergent trends in longevity / Andrew Steptoe and Anna Wikman -- Do cross-country variations in social integration and social interactions explain differences in life expectancy in industrialized countries? / James Banks ... [et al.] -- Low life expectancy in the United States : is the health care system at fault? / Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Ho -- Can hormone therapy account for American women's survival disadvantage? / Noreen Goldman -- Do Americans have higher mortality than Europeans because they have higher excess mortality at lower socioeconomic levels? : a comparison of mortality by education in the United States and 14 European countries / Mauricio Avendano ... [et al.] -- Geographic differences in life expectancy at age 50 in the United States compared with other high-income countries / John Wilmoth, Carl Boe, and Magali Barbieri -- Renewed progress in life expectancy : the case of the Netherlands / Johan Mackenbach and Joop Garssen -- The divergent life expectancy trends in Denmark and Sweden : and some potential explanations / Kaare Christensen ... [et al.]
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Enth. 13 Beitr
,
Diverging trends in life expectancy at age 50 : a look at causes of death
,
Are international differences in health similar to international differences in life-expectancy?
,
Contribution of smoking to international differences in life expectancy
,
Divergent patterns of smoking across high-income nations
,
Can obesity account for cross-national differences in life expectancy trends?
,
The contribution of physical activity to divergent trends in longevity
,
Do cross-country variations in social integration and social interactions explain differences in life expectancy in industrialized countries?
,
Low life expectancy in the United States : is the health care system at fault?
,
Can hormone therapy account for American women's survival disadvantage?
,
Do Americans have higher mortality than Europeans because they have higher excess mortality at lower socioeconomic levels? : a comparison of mortality by education in the United States and 14 European countries
,
Geographic differences in life expectancy at age 50 in the United States compared with other high-income countries
,
Renewed progress in life expectancy : the case of the Netherlands
,
The divergent life expectancy trends in Denmark and Sweden : and some potential explanations
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.17226/12945
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