Health and mortality : issues of global concern : proceedings of the Symposium on Health and Mortality, Brussels, 19-22 November 1997.

New York : United Nations, [1999], ©1999.

xv, 467 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

"United Nations publication, sales NO. E.99.XIII.17"--T.p. verso.

The mortality, epidemiological and health transitions : their relevance for the study of health and mortality / Gigi Santow -- Epidemiological transitions in developed countries : past, present and future / Shiro Horiuchi -- The measurement of adult mortality : an assessment of data availability, data quality and estimation methods / Kenneth Hill -- Causes of death in developing countries and in countries with economies in transition : an overview of current knowledge, data availability and novel methods of data collection / Eduardo Arriaga -- Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa / Ian Timæus -- Mortality in Latin America / Juan Chackiel -- The epidemiological transition in Mexico : what the data on cause of death reveal / Rosario Cárdenas -- The use of surveys to gather information on health status (developing countries) / Samir Farid -- Health and mortality trends in countries with economies in transition / Martin Bobak -- The dynamics of mortality in Poland / Witold Zatoński -- The dynamics of mortality in the Russian Federation / Evgueni Andreev -- The widening differentials in adult mortality by socio-economic status and their causes / Tapani Valkonen -- The measurement of health status in the United States / Jennifer Madans -- The limits of longevity and their implications for health and mortality in developed countries / Kenneth Manton, Eric Stallard and Larry Corder -- The genetic make-up of population and its implications for mortality by cause of death : links between Alzheimer's and ischaemic heart disease / Douglas Ewbank -- Nutrition, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality : its possible modulation by other factors, especially physical exercise / Hugo Kesteloot -- Alcohol and smoking as risk factors / Alan Lopez -- Accidents and other injuries / Dinesh Sethi and Anthony Zwi -- HIV-infection and AIDS-related deaths in Africa / Jacob Adetunji.

Includes bibliographical references.