International handbook of adult mortality
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International handbook of adult mortality
（International handbooks of population, v. 2）
Springer, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This handbook presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of unprecedented substantive, theoretical, methodological, and statistical developments and insights, and an in-depth examination of trends and patterns, in adult mortality around the world. With over two dozen chapters and more than 50 authors, this volume draws from top international mortality experts to provide one of the best overviews of life expectancy extant.
The book documents remarkable gains in life expectancy, which stand out as one of the most important accomplishments of the twentieth century. Individuals in more developed countries can expect to live longer now than ever before, especially the Japanese who enjoy record-setting life expectancies. The book also explores unfortunate declines in life expectancy in selected countries brought on by such factors as infectious diseases; accidents, suicides, and homicides; and political and economic conflict and turmoil. This book synthesizes the wealth of mortality information available, clearly articulates the central findings to-date, identifies the most appropriate datasets and methods currently available, illuminates the central research questions, and develops an agenda to address these research questions. The authors carefully examine central factors related to mortality, including health behaviors, socioeconomic status, social relations, biomarkers, and genetic factors. The book will prove especially relevant to researchers, students, and policy makers within social and health sciences who want to better understand international trends and patterns in adult mortality.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Mortality Framework and Context
Richard Rogers and Eileen Crimmins
Part 1: Historical Trends
Chapter 1. Historical Trends in Mortality
France Mesle and Jacques Vallin, INED
Part 2: Temporal and Spatial Trends Associated with Mortality
Chapter 2. Comparative International Trends: Europe
Marc Luy, Christian Wegner, Wolfgang Lutz, IIASA, and Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Chapter 3. Adult Mortality in the Former Soviet Union
Michael Murphy, London School of Economics
Chapter 4. Latin America and the Caribbean from 1850 to the Present
Alberto Palloni, Northwestern University
Chapter 5. Adult Mortality in Asia
Zhongwei Zhao, Australian National University
Chapter 6. Adult Mortality Trends in Africa
Georges Reniers, Princeton University, Bruno Masquelier, UCL, Belgium, and Patrick Gerland, UN
Chapter 7. Global Trends in AIDS Mortality
John Bongaarts, Population Council, and Francois Pelletier, United Nations Population Division, and Patrick Gerland, UN Pop. Division
Part 3: Sociodemographic, Economic, and Psychological Determinants of Mortality
Chapter 8. Early Life Conditions and Later Life Mortality
Jennifer Karas Montez Mark Hayward, University of Texas at Austin
Chapter 9. Age Patterns in Adult Mortality, with a Focus on Centenarians
Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM
Chapter 10. Sex and Gender Differences in Mortality
Richard G. Rogers, Bethany G. Everett, and Robert J. Kemp, University of Colorado
Chapter 11. The Hispanic Paradox
Kyriakos S. Markides and Karl Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch
Chapter 12. Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality
Robert A. Hummer and Joseph T. Lariscy, University of Texas at Austin
Chapter 13: Work, Occupation, Income, and Mortality
Patrick Krueger, University of Texas School of Public Health, and Sarah A. Burgard, University of Michigan
Chapter 14. The Influence of Health Behaviors on Mortality
Christine L. Himes, Syracuse University
Chapter 15. Discrimination, Chronic Stress, and Mortality among Black Americans: A Life-Course Framework
James Jackson, Darrell Hudson, Kiarri Kershaw, Briana Mezuk, Jane Rafferty, and Katherine Knight Tuttle, University of Michigan
Chapter 16. Self-Rated Assessments of Mortality
Marja Jylha, University of Tampere, Finland
Chapter 17. Religion and Adult Mortality
Ellen Idler, Rutgers University
Part 4: Biological Risk Factors
Chapter 18. Links between Biomarkers and Mortality
Eileen Crimmins and Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, University of Southern California
Chapter 19. Genetic Factors and Adult Mortality
Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark, and James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Part 5: Contextual Effects on Mortality
Chapter 20. Neighborhood Effects on Mortality
Arijit Nandi and Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard University
Chapter 21. Health and Mortality Consequences of the Physical Environment
Christopher Browning, Ohio State University, Eileen E. Bjornstrom, University of Missouri, and Kathleen A. Cagney, University of Chicago
Part 6: Classification of Causes of Death
Chapter 22. Coding and Classifying Causes of Death: Trends and International Differences
Robert N. Anderson, National Center for Health Statistics
Chapter 23. Avoidable Mortality: A Review
Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, University of Southern California
Part 7: Mathematical and Modeling Approaches to Mortality
Chapter 24. Model Schedules of Mortality
Patrick Heuveline, UCLA and Sam Clark, University of Washington
Chapter 25. Period versus Cohort Mortality
Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania
Chapter 26. Healthy Life Expectancy
Carol Jagger, University of Leicester, and Jean-Marie Robine, French Institute of Health and Medicinal Research, INSERM
Part 8: Government Policies Designed to Affect Mortality
Chapter 27. Mortality Avoidable by Health Care and Public Health and Policy Interventions
Luc Bonneux, NIDI
Chapter 28. Government Policies Intended to Influence Adult Mortality
S. Jay Olshansky, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dana Goldman, RAND
Conclusion
Richard Rogers and Eileen Crimmins
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