ISBN:
9789400744325
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXIV, 300 p. 76 illus)
,
digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Demographic Research Monographs, A series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Parallel Title:
Print version Regional Mortality Differences in Germany
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Public health
;
Demography
;
Human Geography
;
Deutschland
;
Sterbeziffer
;
Regionale Disparität
Abstract:
Regional mortality differences are one dimension of health inequalities, but its trends and determinants in Germany are widely unknown. This book examines and illustrates patterns of regional mortality in Germany-with focus on small-area differentials-and their changes over time. It identifies explanatory factors at individual and regional level. Mortality differences between eastern and western Germany exist, but small-area mortality differentials are often greater. Though the main spatial mortality patterns remain, this study provides evidence that some distinct changes in the small-area mortality patterns in Germany-especially among women-occurred within a short period of time. Mortality inequalities at younger ages and in behavior-related causes as well as differences in socioeconomic conditions contribute strongly to regional mortality differences in Germany. The book shows that the complex interplay between individual- and regional-level mortality risk factors requires a multidimensional approach to reduce regional mortality inequalities.
Description / Table of Contents:
〈p〉Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Literature Review and Research Questions -- 3: Mortality Differentials across Germany's Federal States -- 4: Mortality Differentials across Germany's Districts -- 5: Determinants of Old-age Mortality and its Regional Variation.-6: Conclusion -- A: Mortality Differentials across Germany's Federal States -- B: Mortality Differentials across Germany's Districts -- C: Determinants of Old-age Mortality -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography.〈/p〉.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-4432-5
URL:
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