Changes in mortality: gender and international comparisons

Yaffa Machnes

Applied Economics, 2003, vol. 35, issue 3, 285-291

Abstract: Changes in mortality risks are measured according to a statistical criterion. This criterion helps to identify the desired reduction in age-specific mortality risk. During the last four decades, a survey of 15 industrialized countries showed that changes in age-specific mortality rates pointed towards age groups whose reduction in mortality deviated from the optimal shift. Further observations showed consistent differences between the different gender groups and also found a country specific shift. This research found that richer countries displayed less systematic changes.

Date: 2003
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