International Handbook of Adult Mortality

1. Introduction
Richard G. Rogers, Eileen M. Crimmins

2. Historical Trends in Mortality
France Meslé, Jacques Vallin

3. Adult Mortality in Europe
Marc Luy, Christian Wegner, Wolfgang Lutz

4. Adult Mortality in the Former Soviet Union
Michael Murphy

5. Adult Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Alberto Palloni, Guido Pinto-Aguirre

6. Adult Mortality in Asia
Zhongwei Zhao

7. Adult Mortality in Africa
Georges Reniers, Bruno Masquelier, Patrick Gerland

8. Global Trends in AIDS Mortality
John P. Bongaarts, François Pelletier, Patrick Gerland

9. Early Life Conditions and Later Life Mortality
Jennifer Karas Montez, Mark D. Hayward

10. Age Patterns in Adult Mortality
Jean-Marie Robine

11. Hispanic Paradox in Adult Mortality in the United States
Kyriakos S. Markides, Karl Eschbach

12. Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality
Robert A. Hummer, Joseph T. Lariscy

13. Work, Occupation, Income, and Mortality
Patrick M. Krueger, Sarah A. Burgard

14. Relationships Among Health Behaviors, Health, and Mortality
Christine L. Himes

15. Discrimination, Chronic Stress, and Mortality Among Black Americans: A Life Course Framework
James S. Jackson, Darrell Hudson, Kiarri Kershaw, Briana Mezuk, Jane Rafferty, Katherine Knight Tuttle

16. Self-Rated Health and Subjective Survival Probabilities as Predictors of Mortality
Marja Jylhä

17. Religion and Adult Mortality: Group- and Individual-Level Perspectives
Ellen L. Idler

18. Links Between Biomarkers and Mortality
Eileen M. Crimmins, Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn

19. Genetic Factors and Adult Mortality
Kaare Christensen, James W. Vaupel

20. Neighborhood Effects on Mortality
Arijit Nandi, Ichiro Kawachi

21. Health and Mortality Consequences of the Physical Environment
Christopher R. Browning, Eileen E.S. Bjornstrom, Kathleen A. Cagney

22. Coding and Classifying Causes of Death: Trends and International Differences
Robert N. Anderson

23. Avoidable Mortality
Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez

24. Model Schedules of Mortality
Patrick Heuveline, Samuel J. Clark

25. Period Versus Cohort Life Expectancy
Michel Guillot

26. Healthy Life Expectancy
Carol Jagger, Jean-Marie Robine

27. Public Policies Intended to Influence Adult Mortality
S. Jay Olshansky, Leonard Hayflick

28. Mortality Affected by Health Care and Public Health Policy Interventions
Luc Bonneux

Keywords: Social Sciences, Demography, Sociology