Emerging issues of health and mortality in the Asian and Pacific region.
This publication contains a selection of the papers that were presented at the Seminar on Emerging Issues of Health and Mortality, held at Bangkok from 27 to 29 September 2004, providing both a broad view of the mortality situation in the region and country-specific profiles of various aspects of mo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
United Nations ESCAP,
2005
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| Series: | Asian population studies series ;
no. 163. |
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| Summary: | This publication contains a selection of the papers that were presented at the Seminar on Emerging Issues of Health and Mortality, held at Bangkok from 27 to 29 September 2004, providing both a broad view of the mortality situation in the region and country-specific profiles of various aspects of mortality. They show that the Asian and Pacific region has experienced a remarkable increase in life expectancy at birth thanks to the many improvements in health-care services and socio-economic conditions during the past 50 years. Although the trend of falling mortality rates is clearly evident in the region as a whole, there is a large disparity in the health and mortality situation between subregions and even within countries. |
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| Item Description: | "A selection of the papers that were presented at the Seminar on Emerging Issues of Health and Mortality, which was held at Bangkok from 27 to 29 September 2004"--P. iii At head of title: Economic and Social commission for Asia and the Pacific; United Nations Population Fund United Nations publication sales no. E.05.II.F.14 ST/ESCAP/2364 |
| Physical Description: | v, 194 p. : ill. ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9211204267 |