What Impact Do Contextual Variables Have on the Changing Geography of Mortality in Italy?

Graziella Caselli (), Loredana Cerbara, Frank Heinsg and Rosa Maria Lipsi
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Graziella Caselli: University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Loredana Cerbara: Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies
Frank Heinsg: Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies
Rosa Maria Lipsi: University of Rome “La Sapienza”

European Journal of Population, 2003, vol. 19, issue 4, No 1, 339-373

Abstract: Abstract Using data for 94 provinces, three periods (1971–1973, 1981–1983 and 1991–1993), and for men and women, we present an interesting picture of the geography of adult and elderly mortality by cause of death in Italy. This picture brings into focus the North/South gap that has yet again emerged, this time in gender differences in mortality. Particular attention is given to mortality from those causes that would appear to depend on the geographical context and that have a greater role to play in overall mortality differences. We then define which causes of death have changed the geographic pattern in the period considered. Lastly we study the relationship between mortality by cause and socio-economic, health care, environmental, cultural, and nutritional variables.

Keywords: cause of death; contextual variables; geography; Italy; mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1026340224679

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