[Mortality of 1880-1980 generations in Switzerland: a rereading of evolution of mortality based on longitudinal data].
OBJECTIVE
Seek to explain the declining mortality rates observed in Switzerland using a different approach from conventional period analyses.


METHODS
Analysis of the mortality rates for cohorts born between 1880 and 1980 in Switzerland.


RESULTS
While the mortality transition was a constant feature of the 20th century, mortality receded most sharply among the 1900 to 1940 birth cohorts. Life expectancy gains were much lower for the pre-1900 cohorts, while early trends for the post-1940 cohorts point to a slowdown in the rate of mortality decline. These findings may be connected with the social and health conditions in which the different cohorts lived.


CONCLUSIONS
In contrast to the cross-sectional analysis, the longitudinal approach shows that the decline in mortality suddenly stops with the 1940 cohort.
Wanner
Philippe
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