World mortality 1950-2000: divergence replaces convergence from the late 1980s

• Main Authors: Kath Moser (Author), Vladimir Shkolnikov (Author), David A. Leon (Author)
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• 出版: The World Health Organization, 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate to what extent worldwide improvements in mortality over the past 50 years have been accompanied by convergence in the mortality experience of the world's population. METHODS: We have adopted a novel approach to the objective measurement of global mortality co...