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View article: Health Expectancy: Increasingly Used, but Not Well Understood
Health Expectancy: Increasingly Used, but Not Well Understood Open
Good health is central to human happiness and well-being. It contributes substantially to economic progress, as healthy populations live longer and are more productive. The corresponding public health policies are typically assessed based …
View article: No Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality among Catholic Monks: A Quasi-Experiment Providing Evidence for the Fundamental Cause Theory
No Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality among Catholic Monks: A Quasi-Experiment Providing Evidence for the Fundamental Cause Theory Open
We propose a novel approach to test the fundamental cause theory (FCT) by analyzing the association between socioeconomic status (SES), as measured by the order titles “brothers” and “padres,” and mortality in 2,421 German Catholic monks b…
View article: Cross-Sectional Association Between Life Expectancy and Unhealthy Life Years: Proof of Concept Tests of the CroHaM Hypothesis
Cross-Sectional Association Between Life Expectancy and Unhealthy Life Years: Proof of Concept Tests of the CroHaM Hypothesis Open
The recently presented CroHaM hypothesis says (1) that longitudinal health domain-specific expansion and compression effects depend primarily on the health domains’ mortality risk and (2) that these effects exist equivalently in the cross-…
View article: Standardized mean age at death (MADstd): Exploring its potentials as a measure of human longevity
Standardized mean age at death (MADstd): Exploring its potentials as a measure of human longevity Open
BACKGROUND: Period mean age at death (MAD) is affected by a population’s age structure, and therefore by its mortality, fertility, and migration history. Period life expectancy (e_0) is also a mean age at death, for a standardized populati…
View article: The impact of interpersonal reporting heterogeneity on cross-country differences in Healthy Life Years in Europe
The impact of interpersonal reporting heterogeneity on cross-country differences in Healthy Life Years in Europe Open
Background The European Union has used Healthy Life Years (HLY) as an indicator to monitor the health of its aging populations. Scholarly and popular interest in HLY across countries has grown, particularly regarding the ranking of countri…
View article: Trends in Activity Limitations From an International Perspective: Differential Changes Between Age Groups Across 30 Countries
Trends in Activity Limitations From an International Perspective: Differential Changes Between Age Groups Across 30 Countries Open
Objectives: Examine trends in limitations among young (15–39), middle-aged (40–64) and older age-groups (>=65) and their socioeconomic differences. Methods: Population-based European Social Survey data ( N = 396,853) were used, covering 30…
View article: The Gender Gap in Life Expectancy in Urban and Rural China, 2013–2018
The Gender Gap in Life Expectancy in Urban and Rural China, 2013–2018 Open
Background Gender differences in mortality are embedded within mortality transitions. Rural residents generally lag behind their urban counterparts in the transitions. The study objective is to identify major causes of death that drive gen…
View article: Decrease in Life Expectancy in Germany in 2020: Men from Eastern Germany Most Affected
Decrease in Life Expectancy in Germany in 2020: Men from Eastern Germany Most Affected Open
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in mortality in 2020 with a resultant decrease in life expectancy in most countries around the world. In Germany, the reduction in life expectancy at birth between 2019 and 2020 was comparatively sm…
View article: Correction to: The cross-sectional average length of healthy life (HCAL): a measure that summarizes the history of cohort health and mortality
Correction to: The cross-sectional average length of healthy life (HCAL): a measure that summarizes the history of cohort health and mortality Open
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
View article: Determinants of General Health Status and Specific Diseases of Elderly Women and Men: A Longitudinal Analysis for Western and Eastern Germany
Determinants of General Health Status and Specific Diseases of Elderly Women and Men: A Longitudinal Analysis for Western and Eastern Germany Open
We used the panel data of the German Life Expectancy Survey (LES) for analysing the impact of specific life conditions on the gender-specific health outcome of respondents aged 60+ at follow-up over a period of 13 years (for western German…
View article: Understanding the Cross-Sectional Association Between Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Years: The CroHaM Hypothesis
Understanding the Cross-Sectional Association Between Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Years: The CroHaM Hypothesis Open
A central question of interdisciplinary health research is whether the life years gained through increasing life expectancy are primarily spent in good or poor health. Two opposing models have been proposed: "expansion of morbidity" and "c…
View article: Life Expectancy: Frequently Used, but Hardly Understood
Life Expectancy: Frequently Used, but Hardly Understood Open
Period life expectancy is one of the most used summary indicators for the overall health of a population. Its levels and trends direct health policies, and researchers try to identify the determining risk factors to assess and forecast fut…
View article: Socioeconomic disparity in adult mortality in India: estimations using the orphanhood method
Socioeconomic disparity in adult mortality in India: estimations using the orphanhood method Open
Background
\nDue to a lack of data, no study has yet documented differences in adult life expectancy in India by education, caste, and religion.
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\nObjective
\nTo examine disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) in the adult mortality r…
View article: Additional file 1: of The impact of increasing education levels on rising life expectancy: a decomposition analysis for Italy, Denmark, and the USA
Additional file 1: of The impact of increasing education levels on rising life expectancy: a decomposition analysis for Italy, Denmark, and the USA Open
Basic data and life tables by educational attainment. (CSV 54 kb)
View article: “Express transitioning” as a special case of the demographic transition
“Express transitioning” as a special case of the demographic transition Open
The theory of the “(first) demographic transition” (DT) still has considerable practical relevance in the field of population research. For instance, the DT serves as a conceptual model that underlies the UN’s population projections, and i…
View article: Community Social Characteristics and Health at Older Ages: Evidence From 156 Religious Communities
Community Social Characteristics and Health at Older Ages: Evidence From 156 Religious Communities Open
Our results offer further evidence that at least some social characteristics of the community have a causal impact on health.