title: Inequality in mortality:  measuring the contributions of various causes of death.
abstract: "Following earlier work on the decomposition of income inequality by population subgroup, a method is proposed to break down the inequality of the ages at death into three components:  the contribution of the inequality of the ages at death for given causes of death; the role of the 'between causes' [of] inequality in the average ages at death; [and] an interaction term which measures the degree of overlapping between the distributions of ages at death for the various causes.  An illustration based on Italian data for the period 1881-1964 is given...." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND ITA)
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silber
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D007558:Italy; D008722:Methods; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Age Specific Death Rate; Causes Of Death; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Mortality; Economic Factors; Europe; Historical Survey; Inequalities; Italy; Mediterranean Countries; Methodological Studies; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Europe