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Article: From divergence to convergence: the sex differential in life expectancy in Canada, 1971-2000 *.
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- The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, mortality in the Western world and in Japan declined to unprecedented levels (Coale, 2003; Preston, 1976; Tuljapurkar, Li and Boe, 2000; White, 2002; White and Preston, 1996; Wilmoth, 1998; Riley, 2001; Vallin and Mesle, 2005). In this generalized context of improved survival probabilities, female life expectancy has surpassed that of males by an increasing margin (Stolnitz, 1956; Madigan, 1957; Enterline, 1961; El-Badry, 1969; Preston, 1976; Retherford, 1975; Waldron, 1976; 1986; 1993; Lopez, 1983; Vallin, 1983; 1993; 2002; Nathanson, 1984; Smith, 1993; Rogers, Hummer and Nam, 2000; Riley, 2001; Salomon and Murray, 2002; Luy, 2003; Mesle, ...