This volume presents a state of the art coverage of the measurement and evolution of mortality over time. It describes in great detail the changes in the cause patterns of mortality, the changes in mortality patterns at different ages, and specific analyses of mortality in particular countries. Derived from a meeting of the European Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality held at the Vienna Institute of Demography, September 2011, it presents a cross-section of the work and concerns of mortality researchers across Europe, ranging from London and Madrid in the west to Moscow in the east, with a few additions from further afield. Although most of the papers focus on a particular population, the range of the papers is broad; taken together they present an inter-disciplinary cross-section of this multi-faceted field. Coverage includes estimating life expectancy in small areas, with an application to recent changes in US counties; socioeconomic determinants of mortality in Europeusing the latest available data and short-term forecasts; predicting mortality from profiles of biological risk and performance measures of functioning; infant mortality measurement and rate of progress on international commitment using evidence from Argentina; avoidable factors contributing to maternal deaths in Turkey; changes in mortality at older ages: the case of Spain (1975- 2006); variable scales of avoidable mortality within the Russian population; long-term mortality decline in East Asia, and much more. Perspectives in Mortality Research will serve as a valuable resource for professionals and students in sociology, demography, public health and personal finance.

Autorentext
Dr. Marc Luy ist Juniorprofessor für Demographie und ihre Anwendungsgebiete an der Universität Rostock mit den Forschungsschwerpunkten Historische und Moderne Demographie, insbes. Mortalitätsentwicklungen und demographische Methoden.

Inhalt
Introduction: Recent themes in mortality research: Jon Anson and Marc Luy.- Estimating Life Expectancy in Small Areas, with an Application to Recent Changes in Life Expectancy in US Counties: Peter Congdon.- Socioeconomic determinants of mortality in Europe: Validation of recent models using the latest available data and short-term forecasts: Jeroen Spijker.- Social Disparities in the Evolution of an Epidemiological Profile: Transition Processes in Mortality between 1971 and 2008 in an Industrialized Middle Income Country The Case of Hungary: Katalin Kovács.- Predicting Mortality from Profiles of Biological Risk and Performance Measures of Functioning: Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Latrica E. Best, Jung Ki Kim and Eileen M. Crimmins.- Approaches to the assessment of alcohol-related losses in the Russian population: V. G. Semyonova, N. S. Gavrilova, T. P. Sabgayda, O. M. Antonova, S. Yu Nikitina, and G. N. Evdokushkina.- Infant mortality measurement and rate of progress on internationalcommitments: a matter of methods or of guarantees of rights? Some evidence from Argentina: María Marta Santillán Pizarro, Eleonora Soledad Rojas Cabrera and Dora Estela Celton.- Avoidable Factors Contributing to Maternal Deaths in Turkey: lknur Yüksel-Kaptanolu, Ahmet Sinan Türkylmaz and smet Koç.- Changes in Mortality at Older Ages: The case of Spain (1975- 2006): Rosa Gómez Redondo, Juan Manuel García González and Aina Faus Bertomeu.- Excess Mortality Risks in Institutions: The Influence of Health and Disability Status: Michel Poulain, Anne Herm and Jon Anson.- Life expectancy differences in Cuba: Are females lessening their advantage over males?: Madelín Gómez and Esther Maria León.- Variable scales of avoidable mortality within the Russian population: T. P. Sabgayda, V. G. Semyonova, A. E. Ivanova and V. I. Starodubov.- Long-term mortality decline in East Asia, with particular reference to changes in age patterns of mortality and major causes of death: Z. Zhao, E. Tu and J. Zhao.