Surface Plots of Rates of Mortality Improvement for Selected Causes of Death in the United States

Roland Rau, Christina Bohk-Ewald, Magdalena M. Muszyńska and James W. Vaupel
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Roland Rau: University of Rostock, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
Christina Bohk-Ewald: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Magdalena M. Muszyńska: Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of Economic Analysis
James W. Vaupel: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Chapter Chapter 7 in Visualizing Mortality Dynamics in the Lexis Diagram, 2018, pp 69-80 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter shows that ROMI plots, as presented in the previous chapter, can not only be employed for mortality from all-causes but also for cause-specific mortality. They allow us to demonstrate that the slow increase in life expectancy among women in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s can not be attributed to heart diseases or stroke. Instead, mortality from respiratory diseases and from lung cancer, the latter featuring a pronounced cohort effect, suppressed faster gains in life expectancy.

Keywords: United States; Mortality Improvement; Romance Plot; Strong Cohort Effects; Cardiovascular Revolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64820-0_7

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