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Interpreting changes in life expectancy during temporary mortality shocks.

Patrick Heuveline
Published in: Demographic research (2023)
To clarify what a decline in life expectancy measures during mortality shocks is important, especially as demographers often assess the mortality impact of those shocks using this metric, which gets widely reported beyond demographers' inner circle.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • cardiovascular disease