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Document Details : Title: On the sex ratio of mortality Subtitle: Evolution during the period 1970-1999 Author(s): KESTELOOT, Hugo Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 60 Issue: 1 Date: February 2005 Pages: 1-6 DOI: 10.2143/AC.60.1.2005040 Abstract : In the industrialized world large differences between male and female age-specific mortality rates exist, favouring the female sex. These differences vary over time and depend on the type of disease. This study intends to define the problem by determining the male/female (M/F) ratio of mortality for different disease groups and 2 time periods, 1970 and 1999. |
