Burgio (Alessandra), Frova (Luisa). - Mortality Projections by Causes of Death, Extrapolation of Trends, or Age-Period-Cohort Models An age-cohort model is used to project mortality from specific causes and the results are compared with those from a more determinist method of analyzing times...

The prevalence of bad self-rated health (SRH) varies considerably across countries. Here we present the results of a cross-national comparative study based on the data of National Health Surveys conducted in France and Italy. According to these data, 11% of the Italian and 6% of the French adult...

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...