Transition & mortality

Question 1

Caldwell. (1986). Routes to low mortality in poor countries.

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Question 2

Cutler & Miller. (2005). The role of public health improvements in health advances: The twentieth-century United States.

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Gist: Mortality rates in US fell rapidly during late 19th & early 20th centuries (more than any other time in history) & coincided with epidemiological transition & disappearance of mortality penalty associated with living in urban areas. However, little empirical evidence about what caused improvements. Current authors found that clean water technologies (e.g., filtration & chlorination) was responsible for almost half of the total mortality reduction in major cities, 3/4 of the infant mortality reduction, & almost 2/3 of the child mortality reduction. This has implications for less developed countries.

Question 3

Soares. (2007). On the determinants of mortality reductions in the developing world.

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Question 4

Kuhn. (2010). Routes to low mortality in poor countries revisited.

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Question 5

Zhao. (2006). Income inequality, unequal health care access, and mortality in China.

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Question 6

Bongaarts. (2006). How long will we live?

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Question 7

Garenne & Gakusi. (2006). Health transitions in sub-Saharan Africa: Overview of mortality trends in children under 5 years old (1950-2000).

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Gist: Used DHS surveys from 32 African countries to analyze mortality trends in children

Question 8

Elo. (2009). Social class differentials in health and mortality: Patterns and explanations in comparative perspective.

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Gist: The research shows that there are social class inequalities in health & mortality, but the factors that underlie these relationship are less understood. This article reviews patterns of inequalities in developed countries & potential explanations. SEE ARTICLE DESCRIPTION FROM MORTALITY/HEALTH DISPARITIES SECTION.