Effect of the Great Recession on regional mortality trends in Europe
Previous studies have consistently shown the recurrent relationship between macroeconomic cycles and changes in mortality trends, so that recessions are generally associated with periods of faster life expectancy rise, and periods of economic growth with slower reductions or even increases in mortal...
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ftunivgeneve:oai:unige.ch:aou:unige:125311 2023-10-01T03:52:37+02:00 Effect of the Great Recession on regional mortality trends in Europe Ballester, Joan Robine, François Herrmann, François Rodó, Xavier 2019 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:125311 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41467-019-08539-w info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/30737401 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/727852/EU/Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate/Blue-Action info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/730004/EU/Pan-European Urban Climate Services/Climate-fit.City https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:125311 unige:125311 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ISSN: 2041-1723 Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1 (2019) 679 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/618.97 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Text Article scientifique info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftunivgeneve https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08539-w 2023-09-07T07:53:13Z Previous studies have consistently shown the recurrent relationship between macroeconomic cycles and changes in mortality trends, so that recessions are generally associated with periods of faster life expectancy rise, and periods of economic growth with slower reductions or even increases in mortality trends. Here we analyze the link between annual per capita estimates of gross domestic product and daily atmospheric temperatures and standardized death rates for a large ensemble of European regions to describe the effect of the Great Recession on annual and seasonal changes in all-cause human mortality trends. Results show that the countries and regions with the largest (smallest) economic slowdown were also those with the largest (smallest) strengthening of the declining mortality trend. This procyclical evolution of mortality rates is found to be stronger during the cold part of the year, showing that it also depends on the seasonal timing of the underlying causes of death. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Université de Genève: Archive ouverte UNIGE Nature Communications 10 1 |
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Previous studies have consistently shown the recurrent relationship between macroeconomic cycles and changes in mortality trends, so that recessions are generally associated with periods of faster life expectancy rise, and periods of economic growth with slower reductions or even increases in mortality trends. Here we analyze the link between annual per capita estimates of gross domestic product and daily atmospheric temperatures and standardized death rates for a large ensemble of European regions to describe the effect of the Great Recession on annual and seasonal changes in all-cause human mortality trends. Results show that the countries and regions with the largest (smallest) economic slowdown were also those with the largest (smallest) strengthening of the declining mortality trend. This procyclical evolution of mortality rates is found to be stronger during the cold part of the year, showing that it also depends on the seasonal timing of the underlying causes of death. |
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Effect of the Great Recession on regional mortality trends in Europe |
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Effect of the Great Recession on regional mortality trends in Europe |
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