The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990 and EU enlargement in 2004 are two major political events in the recent history of the Central and Eastern European region. By systematically comparing the changes and differences in life expectancy at birth between the seven new member countries from Central...

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This paper provides an overview of past and expected future trends in life expectancy in populations of today's low mortality countries. Because these populations previously experienced strong decreases in infant mortality, the future mortality trends will be driven mainly by mortality among the...

In certain countries of the former Soviet Union, apparent mortality trends are distorted by phases of improvement or deterioration in data quality. In Moldova, the quality of infant mortality statistics improved suddenly in the 1970s, but still poses problems to this day. The change in the 1970s...

Meslé France and Vallin Jacques. ? The Population in Psychiatrie Hospitals. Changes in Morbidity or Changes in Medical Practice ? The decrease in the population in psychiatric hospitals which began after the end of the war has become more pronounced during the 1970s. The decline was greater for...

M es lé France and Vallin Jacques. - Reconstitution of Annual Mortality Tables in 19th Century France. Since the 1950's, as a result of work by Jean Bourgeois-Pichat. a series of triennial abridged tables of mortality centered on census years has become available. General trends are, therefore...