A unifying framework for assessing changes in life expectancy associated with changes in mortality: The case of violent deaths

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-48

  Beltran Sanchez, Hiram ^a,c   Soneji, Samir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Cause deleted life tables; Decomposition; Entropy; Violent deaths

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959380629     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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