Session 27: Mortality and causes of death in elderly populations in high-income countries

Tuesday, July 19 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Salle Quesnay Level +2

1.	Comparing underlying and multiple causes of death in analysing mortality among the elderly: United States, 1986-1997  •  Isaac W. Eberstein, Florida State University; Charles B. Nam, Florida State University; Kathleen M. Heyman, Florida State University

2.	Regularities and deviations in mortality trends of the developed world  •  Elisabetta Barbi, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

3.	East- West mortality divide: what is the role of advanced ages?  •  Marketa Pechholdova, Max Planck Institute For Demographic Research; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Dmitri A. Jdanov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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The study of the strength of the mortality curve of the old and the very old in France, today and in the future   •  Nicolas Brouard, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Agnès Lièvre, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Christopher Heathcote, Australian National University

5.	Does the recent evolution of Canadian mortality in old age agree with epidemiological transition theory?  •  Robert R. Bourbeau, Université de Montréal; Marie-Hélène Lussier, Département de démographie, Université de Montréal et CIED; Robert Choinière, Institut national de santé publique du Québec

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