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- Title
¿Por qué vivimos más? Descomposición por causa de la esperanza de vida española de 1980 a 2009.
- Authors
García González, Juan Manuel
- Abstract
This paper describes and explains the recent trends in life expectancy at birth in Spain from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is based on two methods: segmented linear regression, and decomposition of life expectancy. The study consists of three sections. First, a description is provided of the demographic factors that explain the increase in the life expectancy at birth of the Spanish population from 1910 to 2009, which is in excess of 40 years. Second, the effect that changes in mortality have had on life expectancy at birth during 1980-2009 is analysed by cause of death of the population aged 65 and above. And third, the social and epidemiological causes underlying that increase are described. It is concluded that the increase of life expectancy at birth in Spain is mainly due to the reduction of mortality at advanced ages and a decrease in cardiovascular mortality.
- Subjects
SPAIN; LIFE expectancy; LONGEVITY; QUALITY of life; CAUSES of death; MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; SPANIARDS; HEALTH
- Publication
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2014, Issue 148, p39
- ISSN
0210-5233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5477/cis/reis.148.39