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Adult Mortality in Europe

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International Handbook of Adult Mortality

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Levels and trends of adult mortality in Europe over the last half-century were clustered geographically: Western Europe with the most favorable health conditions, Eastern Europe with the least favorable, and Central Europe falling in between. Each of these regions shows internal variation in mortality levels, with the least variability among the Western European and the highest differences among the Eastern European countries. The trisection characterizes not only overall adult mortality but also, with a few exceptions, age- and cause-of-death-specific mortality as well as tempo-adjusted life expectancy.

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The authors thank Karina Wibowo for her help in preparing the data, Angela Wiedemann for designing and producing the maps for this chapter, and the editors of this book for their suggestions and comments. This work was supported through grant P20649-G14 from the FWF Austrian Science Fund.

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  2. Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Lutz (Director, Leader of the World Population Program, Professor)

  3. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria

    Wolfgang Lutz (Director, Leader of the World Population Program, Professor)

  4. WU–Vienna, University of Economics and Business, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Lutz (Director, Leader of the World Population Program, Professor)

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Luy, M., Wegner, C., Lutz, W. (2011). Adult Mortality in Europe. In: Rogers, R., Crimmins, E. (eds) International Handbook of Adult Mortality. International Handbooks of Population, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9996-9_3

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