Old-age mortality in Israel: analysis of variation and change.
This study analyses differentials in life expectancy and cause-specific death rates among the elderly Jewish population in Israel in the early 1970s and early 1980s. We find substantial inequality in old-age mortality levels across subpopulations in geographic units and show that this inequality increased between the two periods. Much of the variation in old-age mortality is explained by differences in economic and social status, ethnicity and religiosity. The importance of religiosity is of particular interest in the context of Israeli society.
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Department of Demography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Israel.
Schellekens
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Cohen
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors