International differences in mortality at older ages
Subtitle: dimensions and sources
By: 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
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780309157339; 9780309157346
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Diverging trends in life expectancy at age 50 : a look at causes of death / Dana A. Glei, France Mesle, and Jacques Vallin; title: Are international differences in health similar to international differences in life-expectancy? / Eileen M. Crimmins, Krista Garcia, and Jung Ki Kim; title: Contribution of smoking to international differences in life expectancy / Samuel H. Preston, Dana A. Glei, and John R. Wilmoth; title: Divergent patterns of smoking across high-income nations / Fred Pampel; title: Can obesity account for cross-national differences in life expectancy trends? / Dawn E. Alley, Jennifer Lloyd, and Michelle Shardell; title: The contribution of physical activity to divergent trends in longevity / Andrew Steptoe and Anna Wikman; title: Do cross-country variations in social integration and social interactions explain differences in life expectancy in industrialized countries? / James Banks ... [et al.]; title: Low life expectancy in the United States : is the health care system at fault? / Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Ho; title: Can hormone therapy account for American women's survival disadvantage? / Noreen Goldman; title: 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.]; title: 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; title: Renewed progress in life expectancy : the case of the Netherlands / Johan Mackenbach and Joop Garssen; title: The divergent life expectancy trends in Denmark and Sweden : and some potential explanations / Kaare Christensen ... [et al.].