Mortality

Why are Mortality Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Non-Hispanic Americans? Could it Happen in Europe?

1 March 2018

Low levels of mortality are important indicators of societal success. This lecture is about trends in mortality in the white non-Hispanic population in the United States…

Causes of Death: A Study of a Century of Change in England and Wales

1 October 2012

This Briefing extends to 2007 Thomas McKeown’s well-known analysis of changes in life expectancy in England during 1901-1971. It finds that mortality continued to decline after 1971,…

Dying with Dignity

1 February 1991

This report from the Office of Health Economics looks at a very important aspect of medical care which is too often ignored. As Jane Griffin points…

Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide

1 January 1976

During the last fifteen years the rate of homicides (which comprise all cases of murder, manslaughter and infanticide) occurring in England and Wales has doubled. Analysis…

Accidental deaths

4 January 1975

At first sight it might seem disturbing that accidental deaths are contributing an increasing proportion of the total mortality amongst young people in the UK. In…

Disorders Which Shorten Life

1 July 1966

A review of mortality trends for those between the ages of 15 and 44 The productivity of any community, both in economic and social terms, depends…

Infants at Risk

1 July 1964

The pattern of mortality changes as a community advances and matures. In under developed societies, mortality is greatest during the first five years of life. As…