Honoré, Bo E.; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - 2021
-adjusted mortality in 2000 was essentially unchanged from the early 1970s. At the same time, age-adjusted mortality rates from … correlated, the decline in mortality rates from cardiovascular disease may be somewhat responsible for the rise in cancer … mortality. It is natural to model mortality with more than one cause of death as a competing risks model. Such models are …