Women live longer than men and the absolute difference between male and female mortality
risk reaches its maximum at old ages. We decomposed the sex gap in life expectancy and …

Background and Objectives An understanding of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) mortality is
important for the development of strategies aimed at reducing the burden of CVD. Thus, we …

Methods Causes of death were coded according to the International Classification of
Disease, 10th revision. Deaths from all diseases of circulatory system (I00-I99) and the …

Purpose Life expectancy is used to measure population health, but large differences in
mortality can be masked even when there is no life expectancy gap. We demonstrate how …

Background Avoidable mortality is considered as a potential indicator of the influences of
public health policies and healthcare quality on population health. This study aimed to …

Objectives To analyze the gender difference in life expectancy in Chinese urban people and
explore the age-specific and cause-specific contributions to the changing gender differences …

Background Females live longer than males, which results in a sex gap in life expectancy.
This study examines the contribution of female cancers to this differential by world region …

Background Historically, women have lower all-cause mortality than men. It is less
understood that sex differences have been converging, particularly among certain …

In the context of high adult mortality and an immense impact on the health burden of Zambia,
a decomposition analysis of age-and cause-specific mortality in age group 15–59 was …

Background: Income is not frequently used to monitor health equity on a national level
largely due to the lack of public data on income. Information on income allows policy makers …