title: On the sex ratio of mortality: evolution during the period 1970-1999.
abstract: In the industrialized world large differences between male and female age-specific mortality rates exist, favouring the female sex.These differences vary over time and depend on the type of disease. This study intends to define the problem by determining the male/female (M/F) ratio of mortality for different disease groups and 2 time periods, 1970 and 1999.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Epidemiology, Capucijnenvoer 35, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Hugo.Kesteloot@med.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kesteloot
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012744:Sex Ratio; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality*; D014798:Vital Statistics; D014944:World Health Organization