Measurement and Analysis of Mortality: New Approaches

by Jacques Vallin (Editor), Stan D'Souza (Editor), Alberto Palloni (Editor)

This is a wide-ranging, comprehensive survey of current areas of research in human mortality. The volume examines standard and new approaches to data collection on mortality, including previously unpublished results on population laboratories; looks at the latest methods and modes of
measurement; and analyzes approaches to mortality differentials and causes with reference to specific case studies from developed countries as well as from Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

426 pages, Hardcover

First published December 6, 1990