Life expectancy and age-period-cohort effects: analysis and projections of mortality in Spain between 1977 and 2016

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-162

  Cleries, R ^a,b   Martinez J M ^c   Valls, J ^a,d   Pareja, L ^a   Esteban, L ^a   Gispert, R ^e   Moreno, V ^a,b   Ribes, J ^a   Borras J M ^a,b  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Registre de Mortalitat de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age period cohort models; Life expectancy; Mortality; Projections

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FORECASTING METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 60349125887     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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