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The Contribution of Medical Measures to The Mortality Decline in England and Wales, New Zealand and Italy: An Age-Period-Cohort Model

Collins, James Joseph, Jr.

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Title
The Contribution of Medical Measures to The Mortality Decline in England and Wales, New Zealand and Italy: An Age-Period-Cohort Model
Author(s)
Collins, James Joseph, Jr.
Issue Date
1981
Department of Study
Sociology
Discipline
Sociology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Sociology, Demography
Language
eng
Abstract
The mortality decline in the more developed nations has been related to three factors: a reduction in exposure to disease, improved nutrition, and medical measures. The contribution of medical measures has been a source of continuing controversy. This contribution has been examined using one of two basic approaches. The first, referred to as the period approach, arranges the mortality data by calendar year, while the second, the cohort approach, arranges the data by birth cohort. In the present analysis, the two approaches are combined in an age, period, cohort model to examine disease-specific mortality patterns for England and Wales since 1861 and New Zealand and Italy since 1881. Using this model of mortality, it is concluded that medical measures introduced after 1935 may have had a larger impact than was formerly realized.
Graduation Semester
1981
Type of Resource
text
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