Open AccessIncreasing mortality during the expansions of the US economy, 1900–1996
Author(s) -
José A. Tapia Granados
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi141
Subject(s) - recession , falling (accident) , demography , economics , mortality rate , population , secular variation , consumption (sociology) , demographic economics , medicine , environmental health , keynesian economics , social science , sociology
In Western countries mortality dropped throughout the 20th century, but over and above the long-term falling trend, the death rate has oscillated over time. It has been postulated that these short-term oscillations may be related to changes in the economy.
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