Saturday, May 2 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Nicolet A

Session 169:
Comparative Mortality Experiences

Chair: Patrick Heuveline, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant: France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

  1. Mortality Improvement: The Most Efficient Country • Zhen Zhang, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Jim Oeppen, University of Cambridge

  2. From the Compression of Mortality Scenario to the Shifting Mortality One: The Canadian Experience • Nadine Ouellette, Université de Montréal ; Robert R. Bourbeau, Université de Montréal

  3. How Are Causes of Death Shaping the Differences in Population Health Inequality between the United States and Sweden? • Claudia L. Nau, Pennsylvania State University ; Glenn Firebaugh, Pennsylvania State University

  4. Demographic Analysis of War-Related Mortality and Migration in Liberia, 1989-2003 • Romesh Silva, University of California, Berkeley

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