Spijker, Jeroen; Llorens, Amand Blanes - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 8, pp. 129-168
In the period 1960-2000, male and female life expectancy increased by 8,2 and 10,5 years, respectively, in Catalonia, one of Spain’s Autonomous Regions, to one of the highest in the world. Initially, most gains were due to lower infant mortality, but as cardiovascular diseases declined...