Trends and Determinants of Morbidity and Mortality in Populations
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 335
Special Issue Editor
Interests: epidemiology; public policy; social inequalities; poverty; mortality; levels and trends; epidemiological transition and health transition; causes of death and its changes over long periods; inequality in the population's morbidity and mortality; cancer mortality and morbidity; life expectancy and longevity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mortality is a demographic component, along with fertility and migration. The reduction in mortality that is currently occurring in most countries worldwide is resulting in phenomena such as the demographic transition, the epidemiological transition, and the health transition. The experience of mortality is quite different among nations. It is partly due to the different lengths of time for which populations have had access to improved housing conditions and improved quality of life in general. In addition, significant subnational disparities mean that the pace of improvement is heterogeneous within each country, and different traits of change are attributed to groups with more extraordinary vulnerability.
Mortality mechanisms are diverse and occur selectively in age groups. Infant mortality impacts adult mortality. In addition, population aging means that a population's longevity and life expectancy gain contours that help explain population dynamics. Finally, the pattern of mortality reduction highlights another associated concept known as the burden of disease. In a scenario where mortality decreases, people potentially live longer with conditions that create temporary or permanent disabilities, directly impacting their quality of life. This Special Issue, entitled "Trends and Determinants of Morbidity and Mortality in Populations", seeks to explore differences in the population that lead to illness, disability, and death. These differences include individual, environmental, and contextual factors such as social inequalities.
Dr. Raphael Mendonça Guimarães
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mortality
- morbidity
- burden of disease
- aging
- social determinants of health
