Acting Chief of the Prevention Advocacy and Promotion Unit Alan D Lopez

Alan D. Lopez

Graziella Caselli

Director Department of Demographic Sciences Graziella Caselli

Tapani Valkonen

This is followed by a series of chapters which focus on the causes and extent of differentials in adult mortality, paying particular attention to sex, region of residence, and socio-economic status. The final section of the book draws heavily on the North American experience to consider some of the policy and programme implications necessary to reduce preventable adult mortality levels further - including government policies to control smoking and alcohol abuse, and to promote healthful behaviour patterns.

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Adult Mortality in Developed Countries

World Health Organization

Professor of Epidemiology Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (Ctsu) Richard Peto

Richard Peto

Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain)

Jillian Boreham

Vice President Emeritus of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research Michael Thun

Clark Heath

A description of the current level of mortality in each population is provided as is a description of the trends in smoking-attributed mortality over the past few decades.

Indirect Estimates from National Vital Statistics

Mortality from Smoking in Developed Countries, 1950-2000

Acting Chief of the Prevention Advocacy and Promotion Unit Alan D Lopez

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