Open AccessDifferences between Men and Women in Mortality and the Health Dimensions of the Morbidity Process
Author(s) -
Eileen M. Crimmins,
Hyunju Shim,
Yuan S. Zhang,
Jung Ki Kim
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2018.288332
Subject(s) - life expectancy , demography , medicine , epidemiology , gerontology , health indicator , epidemiological transition , cardiovascular health , environmental health , disease , population , pathology , sociology
Do men have worse health than women? This question is addressed by examining sex differences in mortality and the health dimensions of the morbidity process that characterize health change with age. We also discuss health differences across historical time and between countries.
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