Mortality in Catalonia in the context of the third, fourth and future phases of the epidemiological transition theory
Fecha de publicación
2009-02-17ISSN
1435-9871
Resumen
In the period 1960-2000, male and female life expectancy in Spain’s Autonomous
Region of Catalonia increased by 8.2 and 10.5 years, respectively, thus raising it to
among one of the highest in the world. Initially, most gains were due to lower infant
mortality, but as cardiovascular diseases declined, this later shifted to advanced ages.
Between the mid-1980s and early 1990s life expectancy improvements stagnated as the
mortality risk from traffic accidents and HIV/AIDS in young adults increased. Both the
age-delay in old age mortality and the simultaneous influence of behavior and lifestyle
reflect distinct aspects of the fourth stage of the epidemiological transition. This
analysis quantifies the age and cause-of-death contributions to changes and sexdifferences in life expectancy in Catalonia. We then compare the most recent life table
for women with the Duchene-Wunsch limited life table to estimate the potential gain in
life expectancy if all deaths were aging-related and in which ages these improvements
would fall.
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Inglés
Materias (CDU)
314 - Demografía
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42
Publicado por
Max Planck Institute
Colección
20; 8
Publicado en
Demographic Research
Citación recomendada
Spijker, Jeroen y Blanes Llorens, Amand. Mortality in Catalonia in the context of the third, fourth and future phases of the epidemiological transition theory. Demographic Research, 2009, 20(8), páginas 129-168. Disponible en <https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/20/8>. Fecha de acceso: 08 may. 2026. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.8
Spijker, Jeroen y Blanes Llorens, Amand. Mortality in Catalonia in the context of the third, fourth and future phases of the epidemiological transition theory. Demographic Research, 2009, 20(8), páginas 129-168. Disponible en <https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/20/8>. Fecha de acceso: 08 may. 2026. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.8
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