Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Difference Between Life Expectancy in the United States and Other High-Income Countries -- 2 Causes of Death, Health Indicators, and Divergence in Life Expectancy -- 3 The Role of Obesity -- 4 The Role of Physical Activity -- 5 The Role of Smoking -- 6 The Role of Social Networks and Social Integration -- 7 The Role of Health Care -- 8 The Role of Hormone Therapy -- 9 The Role of Inequality -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Crimmins, Eileen M.
Other Persons:	Preston, Samuel H. (contributor) ; Cohen, Barney (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : National Academies Press
Subject:	Sterblichkeit \| Mortality \| Industrieländer \| Industrialized countries \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz \| Economic convergence

Extent:	Online-Ressource (195 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record ""FrontMatter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Difference Between Life Expectancy in the United States and Other High-Income Countries""; ""2 Causes of Death, Health Indicators, and Divergence in Life Expectancy""; ""3 The Role of Obesity""; ""4 The Role of Physical Activity""; ""5 The Role of Smoking""; ""6 The Role of Social Networks and Social Integration""; ""7 The Role of Health Care""; ""8 The Role of Hormone Therapy""; ""9 The Role of Inequality""; ""10 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""
ISBN:	978-0-309-18640-7 ; 978-0-309-18641-4 ; 978-0-309-18640-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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