Increase in life expectancy at birth in Japan:  some implications for variable patterns of decrease in mortality.
"The characteristics of the increase in life expectancy at birth...in Japan were analyzed using the life tables of developed countries in which the values of [life expectancy at birth] were almost the same.  When the decrease in age-specific probability of dying...and its contribution to total gain in [life expectancy at birth] in Japan were compared to those of other developed countries, the decline in [age-specific probability of dying] in prime, middle and old age groups accounts for much of the change; the decrease in this variable for males aged 50 years and over accounted for 35% of the recent increase in [life expectancy at birth].  Well-organized medical care and public services are discussed in relation to this unique and unusually rapid increase in [life expectancy at birth] for the Japanese population."
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Koizumi
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D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007564:Japan; D008017:Life Expectancy; D015993:Life Tables; D008136:Longevity; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research
Age Factors; Age Specific Death Rate; Asia; Comparative Studies; Death Rate; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Health; Health Services; Japan; Length Of Life; Life Expectancy--changes; Life Table Method; Life Tables; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology