Measurement and Analysis of Mortality

Part 1 Classic approaches and new possibilities for collecting mortality data: the 1982 data base update of the population laboratory at Matlab, Bangladesh - implications for mortality analysis, Stan D'Souza et al; the IFORD surveys, Etienne van de Walle; the collection of mortality data in WFS and DHS surveys, Jeremiah M.Sullivan; epidemiologic methods and case-control studies of mortality and morbidity, Ronald H.Gray; anthropological approaches for the study of mortality and morbidity, Chukwudum Uche; approaches to assessment of the cause structure of mortality - a case-study from Bangladesh, Susan Zimicki; assessing probably causes of death using a standardized questionaire - a study in rural Senegal, M.Garenne and O.Fontaine; reliability of lay reporting of morbidity and cause-of-death data, an evaluation of reported cases and deaths from measles in rural Senegal, Patience W.Stephens. Part 2 Models and methods of analysis applied to mortality: a promising source of data for measuring childhood mortality in Africa - maternity or pre-natal consultation registers - the case for Abidjan, 1980, Philipe Fargues; evaluation of model life tables for East Africa, Douglas C.Ewbank; assessing the levels and impact of mortality in crisis situations, Alberto Palloni; the influence of cohort effects on differentials and trends in mortality, Graziella Caselli; classification of developed countries according to cause-of-death patterns - a test of robustness during the period 1968-1974, Nicolas Brouard; cause of death and expectation of life - some international comparisons, John H.Pollard. Part 3 Approaches for studying differentials and causes: the causes of death in France, 1925-1978 - reclassification according to the eighth revision of the international classification of diseases, Jacques Vallin and France Mesle; mortality differentials from a multiple-cause-of-death perspective, Charles B.Nam; studies of causes of death in Latin America - the current situation and future perspectives, Juan Chackiel; socio-economic careers and differential mortality among older men in the United States, Robert D.Mare; assessing morbidity levels from mortality measurements - the case of cancer in Italy, 1955-1979, Vivana Egidi et al.