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...

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...