In this paper, we use the multiple cause-of-death approach to compare the mortality profiles of France and Italy in 2003. Our analysis leads to a substantial re-evaluation of the role played by certain conditions in the process leading to death. Regarding the associations of causes, we...

The use of a standard population is a very useful tool for comparisons of mortality rates as well as other population-based rates such as the ones on disease incidence. Age standardization is one of the key methods to control for different age distributions among populations, or over time. The...