Global Trends and Inequalities in Population Health, Mortality and Life Expectancy
A special issue of Populations (ISSN 3042-4372).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2027 | Viewed by 116
Editors
Interests: inequality; work and family; health; aging; life course
Interests: neighborhood; aging; life course; geographic inequalities
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over recent decades, substantial improvements in population health and life expectancy have been achieved across much of the world. At the same time, persistent and emerging inequalities in health, mortality, and longevity remain evident across countries, regions, and population groups. These disparities are unfolding amid profound demographic, economic, technological, environmental, and social transformations, raising important questions about the patterns of and factors shaping health and survival in the twenty-first century.
This Special Issue seeks to advance understanding of global trends and inequalities in population health, mortality, and life expectancy. We welcome contributions that examine how social, economic, demographic, institutional, environmental, and technological changes influence health outcomes and longevity across populations. Particular attention will be given to research addressing disparities associated with socioeconomic status, gender, race and ethnicity, migration, geographic context, and other dimensions of inequality.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Social, economic, institutional, and policy determinants of health, mortality, and life expectancy.
- Trends and inequalities in mortality, longevity, healthy life expectancy, and survival.
- Population aging and disparities in later-life health and mortality.
- Work, employment, family, and life-course influences on health and survival.
- Migration, population mobility, and health and mortality inequalities.
- Gender, race/ethnicity, discrimination, and disparities in population health and longevity.
- Neighbourhood, urban, environmental, and contextual influences on health and longevity.
- Technological, epidemiological, and societal transformations shaping population health and survival.
- Comparative and cross-national research on health, mortality, and life expectancy.
We encourage submissions employing diverse theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches, and data sources, including interdisciplinary research spanning population studies, public health, sociology, economics, geography, and related fields. By bringing together research from different regions and disciplinary traditions, this Special Issue aims to advance understanding of the forces shaping health, mortality, and longevity and to inform efforts to reduce population health inequalities worldwide.
Dr. Jia Wang
Dr. Wei Xu
Dr. Shiro Furuya
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- population health
- mortality
- life expectancy
- health inequalities
- social determinants of health
- population aging
- migration
- work and family dynamics
- life course
- urban and rural disparities
- neighborhood context
- comparative population research
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