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Special Collection 4: Human Mortality over Age, Time, Sex, and Place: The 1st HMD Symposium This Special Collection includes ten articles and a summary from the 1st HMD Symposium on the topic of "Human Mortality over Age, Time, Sex, and Place" held in Rostock, Germany on 18-19 June 2004. After the symposium, participants were invited to submit their papers for peer review and the content was published in Volume 13 on 17 November 2005. A detailed agenda of additional seminar material is also available here. published 17 November 2005 [ Download Volume as zip file ]
Volume   Article ID   Pages   Title, Author  Date Published
13 10 223-230 Introduction to the Special Collection “Human Mortality over Age, Time, Sex, and Place: The 1st HMD Symposium” Vladimir Shkolnikov, John R. Wilmoth, Dana A. Glei summary Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 56 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 11 231-280 On the relationship between period and cohort mortality John R. Wilmoth research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 581 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 12 281-300 Unconventional approaches to mortality estimation Kenneth Hill, Yoonjoung Choi, Ian Timaeus research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 124 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 13 301-334 Population observatories as sources of information on mortality in developing countries Gilles Pison research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 175 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 14 335-362 Official population statistics and the Human Mortality Database estimates of populations aged 80+ in Germany and nine other European countries Dmitri A. Jdanov, Rembrandt D. Scholz, Vladimir Shkolnikov descriptive finding Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 296 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 15 363-388 The effects of war losses on mortality estimates for Italy: A first attempt Dana A. Glei, Silvia Bruzzone, Graziella Caselli research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 168 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 16 389-414 Estimates of mortality and population changes in England and Wales over the two World Wars Dmitri A. Jdanov, Evgueni Andreev, Domantas Jasilionis, Vladimir Shkolnikov research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 211 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 17 415-454 Trends in gender differences in accidents mortality: Relationships to changing gender roles and other societal trends Ingrid Waldron, Christopher McCloskey, Inga Earle research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 629 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 18 455-484 Forecasting sex differences in mortality in high income nations: The contribution of smoking Fred Pampel research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 181 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 19 485-520 Cause-specific contributions to sex differences in adult mortality among whites and African Americans between 1960 and 1995 Irma T. Elo, Greg L. Drevenstedt research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 206 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005
13 20 521-546 Decomposition analysis of Spanish life expectancy at birth: Evolution and changes in the components by sex and age Rosa Gómez-Redondo, Carl Boe research article Open Access [ Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 222 kB) ] 17 Nov 2005