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Between ‘Pioneers’ of the Cardiovascular Revolution and Its ‘Late Followers’: Mortality Changes in the Czech Republic and Poland Since 1968

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  • Agnieszka Fihel

    (Université Paris Nanterre
    University of Warsaw)

  • Marketa Pechholdová

    (University of Economics
    INED)

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After several decades of stagnation, mortality in most Central European countries started to decrease after 1989. The Czech Republic and Poland were the first former Communist countries in this region to experience a rapid and sustained increase in life expectancy. This study focuses on the trends in cause-of-death mortality that have contributed to the recent progress in these two countries. The analysis is based on the cause-of-death time series (1968–2013) reconstructed in accordance with the 10th ICD revision, which makes the data fully comparable over the full period under study. Actual trends in cause-specific mortality are presented, and age, sex and causes of death components of life expectancy changes are disentangled. In both countries, the reduction in cardiovascular mortality at adult and old ages was crucial for the increase in life expectancy after 1991. Results are discussed in the context of institutional changes that occurred after the fall of Communism, such as the reorientation of health policies and the emergence of non-governmental organizations. Changes in health-related attitudes and behaviours as well as structural changes in societies, notably the rising share of persons with tertiary education, are also discussed.

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  • Agnieszka Fihel & Marketa Pechholdová, 2017. "Between ‘Pioneers’ of the Cardiovascular Revolution and Its ‘Late Followers’: Mortality Changes in the Czech Republic and Poland Since 1968," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 33(5), pages 651-678, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurpop:v:33:y:2017:i:5:d:10.1007_s10680-017-9456-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10680-017-9456-y
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