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The Short-Term Effects of European Integration on Mortality Convergence: A Case Study of European Union’s 2004 Enlargement
Although European integration can be expected to result in mortality convergence (reduced mortality differences), a life expectancy divide persists...
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Progress of Inequality in Age at Death in India: Role of Adult Mortality
India has seen a reduction in infant and child mortality rates for both the sexes since the early 1980s. However, a decline in mortality at adult...
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What Can We Learn from the Functional Clustering of Mortality Data? An Application to the Human Mortality Database
This study analyzed whether there are different patterns of mortality decline among low-mortality countries by identifying the role played by all the...
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Reconceptualizing Measures of Black–White Disparity in Infant Mortality in U.S. Counties
The magnitude of Black–White differences in infant mortality rates varies considerably across U.S. counties. Many prior studies of racial disparities...
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Trends of Dynamic Changes in Activities of Daily Living, Physical Performance, Cognitive Function and Mortality Rates Among the Oldest-Old in China
The oldest-old (those aged ≥ 80 years) are the most rapidly growing age group globally, and are most in need of health care and assistance. This...
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Risk of Covid-19 Severe Outcomes and Mortality in Migrants and Ethnic Minorities Compared to the General Population in the European WHO Region: a Systematic Review
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on migrants and ethnic minorities (MEMs). Socio-economic factors and legal, administrative and language...
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A Different Approach to Current Developments in the Twenty-First Century – Grou** European Countries in Terms of Mortality
This work describes human mortality through a different spatial approach. Analysis comprises twenty-two (22) European countries and examines their...
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Mortality of Centenarians in the United States
In the United States, we have not yet reached the point where unedited numerators and denominators for death rates or probabilities are of...
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Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
In this paper, we measure the effect of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic wave at the national and subnational levels in selected Latin American countries...
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Skewed child sex ratios in India: a revisit to geographical patterns and socio-economic correlates
This study revisits the regional and socio-economic pattern of masculinisation of Child Sex Ratios (CSR), Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and Sex Ratio at...
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Exploring Barriers in the Enjoyment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Kenya: A Case Study of Sex Workers
The enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights remains a daily struggle for many sex workers. The reality of laws and policies in...
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Data as Guide to Policy: Bills of Mortality of 17th Century and COVID-19 of 21st Century
The Bills of Mortality, started in 1592 in London, is possibly the first effort toward data collection related to epidemiological reasons. John...
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Heterogeneity in Excess Mortality and Its Impact on Loss of Life Expectancy due to COVID-19: Evidence from Mexico
The new coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a major impact on mortality and survival in most countries of the world, with Mexico being one of...
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How Tooth Loss Disrupts the Education Gradient in Mortality Risk among US-Born and Foreign-Born Adults
In this study, we examine the impact of a severe health condition—complete tooth loss—on educational gradients in adult mortality risk among...
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Decomposing County-Level Working-Age Mortality Trends in the United States Between 1999–2001 and 2015–2017
Studies have documented significant geographic divergence in U.S. mortality in recent decades. However, few studies have examined the extent to which...
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Temporal and spatial trends of adult mortality in small areas of Brazil, 1980–2010
To determine the variations and spatial patterns of adult mortality across regions, over time, and by sex for 137 small areas in Brazil, we first...
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The Spatial Variability of the Sex and Age- Specific 10-Year Incidence of Cardiovascular Diseases and its Clinical Risk Factors in Athens Metropolitan Area: a Local Statistical Modelling Approach in the Context of the ATTICA Epidemiological Study
According to the published European public health policies, emphasis should be given on the identification of high-risk areas, in terms of both...
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Comparison of Past Year Substance Use Estimates by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity Between Two Representative Samples of the U.S. Adult Population
Comparative evaluations of national survey data can improve future survey design and sampling strategies thereby enhancing our ability to detect...
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How the Jezebel Stereotype has been Weaponized Against Black Girls and Made Them Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking: An Examination of Carceral Public Systems
The name Jezebel has long been associated with promiscuous and manipulative women since Biblical times. The name is now often associated with Black...
