Event Paper: Trends in the cause-specific mortality experience in England and Wales

Trends in the cause-specific mortality experience in England and Wales

Alexander Yiu

Heriot-Watt University

Joint work with G. Streftaris and T. Kleinow

Presented by webinar: Tuesday 4 June 2019 at 14.00

02 July 2019

Introduction

• The rate of improvement in mortality rates in England and Wales hasslowed down in recent years.

• The cause-specific mortality data in these countries may provideinsight into the reduction in mortality rate improvements.