Mortality in Belgium from the Nineteenth Century to Today. Variations according to age, sex, social and spatial contexts
This article offers an overview of shifts in mortality in Belgium from the nineteenth century to the present, particularly in terms of sociodemographic and spatial disparities. It analyzes these shifts in mortality according to age and sex since the early nineteenth century, drawing from a review of the literature and using data from the Human Mortality Database (HMD). For the more recent analyses (1991–2015), data from the National Register, population censuses and official death records were matched up. In Belgium, the average life expectancy is now 80 years, twice as long as 170 years ago.... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Centre de recherche en démographie
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Schlagwörter: | Belgique / mortalité / groupe sociaux / arrondissements |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26603508 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/226851 |