Assessing years of life lost versus number of deaths in the United States, 1995-2015

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1653-1659

  Taksler, Glen B ^a   Rothberg, Michael B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029522732     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303986     Document Type: Article

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