Differential Mortality: Methodological Issues and Biosocial Factors - Couverture rigide

Ruzicka, Lado

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198286511 ISBN 13 : 9780198286516

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1989

Synopsis

This book aims to contribute to a better understanding of the variety of factors - biological, social, economic and cultural - associated with persistent inequalities in mortality in the less developed countries. It contains a selection of papers presented at the IUSSP-NIRA Joint Seminar on Biological and Social Correlates of Mortality, held 24th-27th November 1984 in Japan. While death rates in developing countries have declined, the fall has not been across the board, with a sharp contrast between survival chances for the urban, well-educated, white-collar elites, and rural dwellers and city slum populations. Women and children appear to be particularly at risk of premature death in many societies. The book focuses on the biological determinants of mortality rates and on the methodological issues involved in studying changing trends in mortality levels. Some of the papers deal with new conceptual approaches, while others address health and mortality problems in selected countries or groups of countries. A separate section deals with demographic and health impacts of famine and other disasters. The contribution of fertility decline due to mortality and the emerging health problems resulting from the ageing of populations are also examined. This work should appeal to demographers, health professionals and epidemiologists interested in measuring mortality.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There are strongly pronounced differentials between survival chances for different social classes in less developed countries. This book gives insight into the variety of factorsDSbiological, social, economic and culturalDSassociated with these inequalities in mortality rates. Certain of the papers deal with new conceptual approaches and methodological issues, while others cover particular countries in Asia and Latin America, providing overall an important and provoking study of inequality in death. Contributors: L. Ruzicka, J. Duchene, G. Wunsch, R. H. Gray, S. Horiuchi, S. D'Souza, E. E. Arriaga, J. M. Guzman, B. Utomo, M. B. Iskandar, N. H. Fisek, A. Palloni, G. C. Myers, A. Bouckaert, P. Kane

Revue de presse

All the papers appear to be of a high academic standard, and the topics discussed are of considerable relevance and importance ... It will be read for many years to come with benefit by scholars of many disciplines and also by others who are interested and concerned with the welfare of developing countries. (Journal of Biosocial Science)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198286511
• ISBN 13: 9780198286516
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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