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Expectations of Life

A Study in the Demography, Statistics, and History of World Mortality

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. H. O. Lancaster

    1. The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Mortality and the Evolution of Society

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Identification and Classification of Diseases

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    Pages 12-23

  4. Measurement of Mortality

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    Pages 24-37

  5. Dynamics of Population Growth

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    Pages 38-50

  6. Infectious Diseases

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    Pages 51-65

  7. Intestinal Infectious Diseases

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    Pages 66-80

  8. Tuberculosis

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    Pages 81-96

  9. Zoonotic Bacterial Diseases

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    Pages 97-106

  10. Other Bacterial Diseases

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    Pages 107-120

  11. Diseases due to Viruses and Chlamydias

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    Pages 121-131

  12. Viral Diseases Accompanied by Exanthem

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    Pages 132-148

  13. Arthropod-borne Viral Diseases

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    Pages 149-155

  14. Miscellaneous Diseases due to Viruses and Chlamydias

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    Pages 156-159

  15. Rickettsioses

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    Pages 160-164

  16. Malaria

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    Pages 165-178

  17. Other Arthropod-borne Diseases

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    Pages 179-185

  18. Syphilis and Other Venereal Diseases

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    Pages 186-190

  19. Other Spirochetal Diseases and the Mycoses

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    Pages 191-192

  20. Helminthiases

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    Pages 193-202
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Destined to become a classic epidemiological study, EXPECTA- TIONS OF LIFE surveys world mortality, describing and ex- plaining the declines of mortality which have become especi- ally evident in this century.

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  • The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    H. O. Lancaster

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