On the Far Eastern pattern of mortality

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2003

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Zhao, Zhongwei

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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Since the early 1980s, it has been accepted widely that there is a Far Eastern pattern of mortality, a pattern characterized by excessively high death rates among older men relative to death rates among younger men and among women. It has been regarded as a unique regional mortality pattern, applying primarily to Far Eastern populations. A re-examination of the mortality data of some Far Eastern populations reveals that changes in both age patterns of and sex differentials in mortality have been widely observed. Further, mortality patterns similar to the so-called Far Eastern mortality model have been found in many other populations.

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Keywords: demographic trend; gender disparity; mortality; article; Far East; history; mortality; Far East; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Mortality; Asia Age pattern of mortality; East Asia; Far Eastern mortality pattern; Model life tables; Sex differentials in mortality

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Population Studies

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2037-12-31