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Title:
International differences in mortality at older ages : dimensions and sources / Eileen M. Crimmins, Samuel H. Preston, and Barney Cohen, editors ; Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Publisher:
National Academies Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
x, 418 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Longevity.
Mortality.
Life Expectancy--United States.
Aged--United States.
Cross-Cultural Comparison--United States.
Developed Countries--United States.
Middle Aged--United States.
Mortality--United States.
Other Authors:
Crimmins, Eileen M.
Preston, Samuel H.
Cohen, Barney, 1959-
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Diverging trends in life expectancy at age 50 : a look at causes of death / Dana A. Glei, France Mesle, and Jacques Vallin -- Are international differences in health similar to international differences in life-expectancy? / Eileen M. Crimmins, Krista Garcia, and Jung Ki Kim -- Contribution of smoking to international differences in life expectancy / Samuel H. Preston, Dana A. Glei, and John R. Wilmoth -- Divergent patterns of smoking across high-income nations / Fred Pampel -- Can obesity account for cross-national differences in life expectancy trends? / Dawn E. Alley, Jennifer Lloyd, and Michelle Shardell -- The contribution of physical activity to divergent trends in longevity / Andrew Steptoe and Anna Wikman -- Do cross-country variations in social integration and social interactions explain differences in life expectancy in industrialized countries? / James Banks ... [et al.] -- Low life expectancy in the United States : is the health care system at fault? / Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Ho -- Can hormone therapy account for American women's survival disadvantage? / Noreen Goldman -- Do Americans have higher mortality than Europeans because they have higher excess mortality at lower socioeconomic levels? : a comparison of mortality by education in the United States and 14 European countries / Mauricio Avendano ... [et al.] -- Geographic differences in life expectancy at age 50 in the United States compared with other high-income countries / John Wilmoth, Carl Boe, and Magali Barbieri -- Renewed progress in life expectancy : the case of the Netherlands / Johan Mackenbach and Joop Garssen -- The divergent life expectancy trends in Denmark and Sweden : and some potential explanations / Kaare Christensen ... [et al.].
ISBN:
030915734X (pdf)
9780309157346 (pdf)
0309157331 (book)
9780309157339 (book)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)656784682
LCCN:
2010037982
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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