Session 35:
Survival: Exploring biological and confounding factors
Chair: Jean-Marie Robine, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) and Université de Montpellier I
The impact of competing risks of death on gains and losses in life expectancy in Turkey Dilek Torun, Hacettepe University
Exploring the role of biological factors in the male-female health-survival paradox using Health Claims Data Michael Nerius, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) ; Anne Fink, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) ; Gabriele Doblhammer-Reiter, Universität Rostock
Is a rise in the prevalence of chronic conditions an inevitable consequence of better survival? Exploring variations in the prevalence of renal replacement therapy, and life expectancy in Europe, 2001-2011 Ronny Westerman, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) ; Frederik Peters, Universität Rostock ; Roland Rau, Universität Rostock
Mortality transition in Bangladesh Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, Università di Padova
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