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L'inegalite geographique devant la mort en Asie du Sud, du Sud-Est et de l'Est

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Résumé La géographie de la mortalité en Asie du Sud, du Sud-Est et de l'Est révèle de très profonds contrastes. Du Japon, oú la vie moyenne est une des plus élevées du Monde à l'Afghanistan ou au Cambodge, avec une espérance de vie à la naissance de l'ordre de 40 ans, le spectre est particulièrement large. La surmortalité masculine varie fortement d'un pays à l'autre. Une sousmortalité masculine apparaît encore au Bhoutan (de 1,5 an); la surmortalité masculine atteint --6,4 ans dans les deux Corées. Comme ailleurs, l'écart entre vies moyennes des hommes et des femmes s'accroît lorsque le calendrier de la mortalités s'allonge. Les divers niveaux de développement des pays considérés (appréhendés à travers les trois variables revenu par tête, urbanisation et éducation) expliquent mal l'inégalité géographique de la mortalité. Pour mieux comprendre les disparités constatées, l'approche 'macro' doit être complétée par une approche 'micro' permettant de tenir compte du contexte, des pratiques de sous-populations, etc. The geography of mortality in South, Southeast and East Asia presents considerable disparities. The range is particularly large between Japan, where life expectancy is one of the highest in the world and Afghanistan or Cambodia, where it reaches only 40 years approximately. Male overmortality varies extensively from one country to another. Male undermortality still occurs in Bhutan (1.5 years); male overmortality reaches 6.4 years in the two Koreas. As elsewhere, the difference between male and female life expectancy increases with life spans. Various levels of development of the countries under consideration (examined through three variables: income per capita, urbanization and education) do not explain spatial inequality of mortality very well. In order to understand the disparities better, the macro-approach should be supplemented by a micro-approach.

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  • Veron, Jacques, 1993. "L'inegalite geographique devant la mort en Asie du Sud, du Sud-Est et de l'Est," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 36(10), pages 1313-1317, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:36:y:1993:i:10:p:1313-1317
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