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Mortality trends and setbacks: global convergence or divergence?

Date

Authors

McMichael, Anthony

McKee, Martin

Shkolnikov, Vladimir

Valkonen, Tapani

Publisher

Lancet Publishing Group

Abstract

Health trends over much of the past century have been generally, and notably, positive throughout the world. In several regions, however, life expectancy has declined over the past 1-2 decades. This trend suggests that the expectation that emerged in the

Keywords

Keywords: economic aspect; health status; human; life expectancy; mortality; population research; priority journal; public health; review; social aspect; sustainable development; technology; Age Factors; Aged; Child; Developing Countries; Female; Forecasting; Healt

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/75576

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Lancet, The (UK edition)

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15902-3