This book visualizes mortality dynamics in the Lexis diagram. Besides maps for single countries, the book includes maps on the dynamics of selected causes of death in the United States, such as cardiovascular diseases or lung cancer.
1: Introduction: Why do we visualize data and what is this book about?.- 2: The Lexis Diagram.- 3: Data and Software.- 4: Surface Plots of Observed Death Rates.- 5: Surface Plots of Smoothed Mortality Data.- 6: Surface Plots of Rates of Mortality Improvement.- 7: Surface Plots for Causes of Death.- 8: Surface Plots of Age-specific Contributions to the Increase in Life Expectancy.- 9: Seasonality of Causes of Death.- 10: Surface Plots for Cancer Survival.- 11: Summary and Outlook.- Bibliography.- References.- Additional Figures.
Robert D. Hoppa, James W. Vaupel, Canada) Hoppa, Robert D. (University of Manitoba, Rostock) Vaupel, James W. (Max-Planck-Institut fur demografische Forschung, James W. Wachter Vaupel, Wachter Vaupel, James W.