The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging
The methods, materials, and pespectives of demography and epidemiology are brought to bear on such topics as the prospects for future increases in human longevity, the relative contribution of life style, environment, genetics, and chance in human longevity, the measurement of the share of healthy...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Part I. Scope of Health Demography, Sources, and Quality of Data: 1. Introduction
- 2. Sources and Quality of Data for Mortality and Health Studies
- Part II. Concepts and Measures of Mortality and Morbidity
- 3. Concepts and Basic Measures of Mortality
- 4. The Life Table
- 5. Measures of Health Status, Functioning, and Use of Health Services
- Part III. Mortality and Morbidity Considered Jointly and in Relation to Fertility, Migration, and Population Age-Sex Structure
- 6. Health Inequalities, General Trends in Mortality and Morbidity, and Associated Factors
- 7. Demographic and Socioeconomic Group Differences in Morbidity and Mortality
- 8. Gauging Population Health: Measures Linking Mortality and Morbidity
- 9. Reproductive Health
- 10. Health and Migration.-11. Special Health Issues in Less Developed Countries
- 12. Interrelations of Health, Mortality, and Age Structure
- Part IV. Theories of Aging and Longevity and Projections of Mortality and Health
- 13. Concepts and Theories of Longevity
- 14. Models of Aging, Health, and Mortality, and Mortality/Health Projections
- Part V. Applications to Health Policy and Health Administration
- 15. Health Policy
- 16. Applied Health Demography
- Chapter 17. Some Ethical and Legal Aspects of Health Demography
- Appendixes
- A.1. Selected List of Journals in the English Language for the Study of Health Demography
- A.2. General Internet Sources of Data on Health Demography
- B. Review of General Analytic Devices and Special Survey Methods
- C. Glossary
- D. Classifications of Countries and Regions
- E. List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Subject Index