Contributions of mortality changes by age group and selected causes of death to the increase in Japanese life expectancy at birth from 1950 to 2000

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-57

  Yoshinaga, Kazuhiko ^a   Une, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Life expectancy at birth; Life table; Selected causes of death

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SUICIDE; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 13444304065     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-9557-x     Document Type: Article

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