Mortality in the terminal age intervals may increase as societal conditions improve, because increases in death rates for chronic conditions may offset declines in death rates for acute diseases. We examine mortality at ages fifty and above in female populations of thirty-eight countries. We control for variation in quality of the mortality data, and find that economic development, economic distributional inequality, and primary health care have independent cross-national effects on cause of death structures. These effects are not uniform across the age intervals of interest. As improvements occur in level of living and health care, age-specific death rates decline except at the oldest ages, at which point they may increase. These results are interpreted in terms of their relevance for mortality research, theory, and policy. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-01, Section: A, page: 0309. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75265 |
| Contributors | WEATHERBY, NORMAN LEE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 162 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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