Applied Demography and Public Health

1. Introduction
Nazrul Hoque, Mary A. McGehee, Benjamin S. Bradshaw

Part I. Impact of Aging on Health and Health-Related Expenditure

2. The Implications of Aging and Diversification of Population on Overweight and Obesity and the Cost Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Texas, 2000–2040
Nazrul Hoque, Jeffrey Howard

3. The Effect of Obesity on Intergenerational Income Mobility
Liana Fox, Nathan Hutto

4. A Cross-Country Comparison of Sociodemographic Correlates of Depression in the WHO Study of Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE)
Tristan Gorrindo, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal, Zachary Epstein, Maxine Weinstein

5. Population Aging and Health Expenditure in Kerala: An Empirical Analysis
Yadawendra Singh

Part II. Cause-Specific Mortality

6. State Estimates of Cause and Condition-Specific Mortality Rates for Diabetes Mellitus
David W. Smith, Stephanie L. McFall, Benjamin S. Bradshaw

7. Individual- and County-Level Factors Associated with Racial Disparities in Cause-Specific Infant Mortality: Florida 1980–2000
Jessica C. Bishop-Royse, Isaac W. Eberstein

8. Estimates of Survival and Mortality from Successive Cross-Sectional Surveys
David W. Smith, Stephanie L. McFall, Benjamin S. Bradshaw

9. Cancer Screening in the U.S. and Europe: Policies, Practices, and Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality
Krista Garcia, Eileen M. Crimmins

Part III. Maternal Health and Morbidity

10. Prevalence and Correlates of Obstetric Morbidity in India
Pandurang Sontakke, R. S. Reshmi

11. Maternal Health Status and Early Childbearing: A Test of the Weathering Hypothesis
Sarah O. Meadows, Megan K. Beckett, Marc N. Elliott, Christine Petersen

12. Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality in Post War Liberia: A Survey Analysis
Komanduri S. Murty, Jimmy D. McCamey

Part IV. Special Analysis

13. Neighborhood Resources and Adolescent Health and Risk Behaviors
Karen A. Snedker, Jerald R. Herting, Emily Walton

14. Population Density, Density of Alcohol Retail Outlets, and Point of Consumption’s Relation to Violent and Non-violent Crime: A Spatial Analysis
E. B. Mancha, M. Zey

15. Determinants of Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Diabetic Patients in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh
Nazrul Islam Mondal, Nazrul Hoque, Sabiha Yasmin Moni, Rocky Khan Chowdhury

16. Active Aging Index and Healthy Life Expectancy in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh
Ismail Tareque, Nazrul Hoque, Towfiqua Mahfuza Islam, Kazuo Kawahara, Makiko Sugawa

17. A Systematic Review of Retirement as a Risk Factor for Mortality
Matthew J. Shim, David Gimeno, Sandi L. Pruitt, Christopher B. McLeod, Margaret J. Foster, Benjamin C. Amick

Part V. Methodological Issues

18. Back to Basics or into a Brave New World? The Potential and Pitfalls of Biomarkers in Explaining the Pathways Between Social Engagement and Health
Yumiko Kamiya, Virpi Timonen, Roman Romero-Ortuno, RoseAnne Kenny

19. Methodological Aspects of Studying Human Aging, Health, and Mortality
A. I. Yashin, I. Akushevich, K. Arbeev, A. Kulminski, S. Ukraintseva

20. Understanding Society – The UK Household Longitudinal Survey: A Resource for Demographers
Stephanie L. McFall, Nick Buck

21. The Applicability of the Lee-Carter Method to Forecast Health Services Use in Brazil
Cristina Guimarães Rodrigues, Mônica Viegas Andrade, Bernardo Lanza Queiroz, Carla Jorge Machado

Keywords: Social Sciences, Demography, Public Health, Population Economics