Gender-Specific Life Expectancy in Europe 1850–2010
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction - The drifting apart of gender-specific life expectancies in Europe 1850-2010 -- Germany and Austria -- The impact of biological factors on sex differences in life expectancy: insights gained from a natural experiment -- The gender gap in life expectancy in Austria...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag,
2016
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte – Beihefte
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| Schlagworte: | Life expectancy Europe Life expectancy-Sex differences-Europe-History Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction - The drifting apart of gender-specific life expectancies in Europe 1850-2010 -- Germany and Austria -- The impact of biological factors on sex differences in life expectancy: insights gained from a natural experiment -- The gender gap in life expectancy in Austria and the change in the working environment (c. 1900-1950) -- The reduction of the gender gap in life expectancy in Austria since the 1980s: an educational phenomenon? -- Western Europe, Belgium and the Netherlands -- Gender specific mortality trends over the epidemiological transition: a view from the British mainland 1850-2000 -- The evolution of the gender gap in life expectancy in Belgium and the smoking epidemic (1841 to 2013) -- The mortality gender gap in the Netherlands 1850-2000 -- Sweden -- Gender-specific life expectancies in Sweden 1810-1980 -- Changes in the gender gap in life expectancy in Sweden: A cohort analysis with the most recent trends -- Switzerland -- Evolution of the gender gap in Switzerland -- How do causes of death influence the evolution of the gender gap in life expectancies in Switzerland? -- Conclusions - Gender gap similarities and differences in Europe -- Authors. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783515112758 3515112758 9783515112581 3515112588 |