Volume 61 - Number 4 - Winter 1995
E. Mortality
Studies that treat quantitative mortality data analytically.
Methodological studies primarily concerned with mortality are cited in
this division and cross-referenced to
N. Methods of Research and Analysis Including Models
, if necessary. The main references to crude data are in the vital
statistics items in
S. Official Statistical Publications
.
E.1. General Mortality
Studies of overall mortality and comparisons of several types of
mortality. Studies dealing with two or more of the topics listed in
this division are classified under the major section covered, or, if
this is not self-evident, included here under General Mortality.
No citations in this issue.
E.2. Prenatal and Perinatal Mortality
Studies dealing primarily with fetal and neonatal mortality, except
those dealing with spontaneous abortions, which are classified under
F.3. Sterility and Other Pathology
, and those studies dealing with induced abortions, which are
classified under
F.4.5. Induced Abortion
. Perinatal mortality is defined as mortality occurring between the
twenty-eighth week of gestation and the seventh day of life.
No citations in this issue.
E.3. Infant and Childhood Mortality
Studies of infant mortality under one year of age, including neonatal
mortality occurring after the seventh day of life, and childhood
mortality after one year of age. The subject of infanticide,
deliberate or implied, is also classified under this heading.
No citations in this issue.
E.4. Mortality at Other Ages
Studies of age-specific mortality and of mortality in special groups
defined by age.
No citations in this issue.
E.5. Life Tables
Studies that present actual life table data and all studies concerned
primarily with life tables, including the appropriate methodological
studies. Life table studies that are concerned with topics other than
mortality are classified under the appropriate heading and
cross-referenced to this heading.
No citations in this issue.
E.6. Differential Mortality
Studies on the ratio of mortality in different subgroups of a
population, classified according to certain criteria, such as sex,
social class, occupation, and marital status. Also includes studies on
excess mortality and comparative mortality.
No citations in this issue.
E.7. Mortality by Cause
Studies of demographic relevance on causes of death. Studies of
morbidity and of public health measures are included only if they
relate specifically to mortality. Also included are maternal mortality
and comparisons of causes.
No citations in this issue.
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