Differences in life expectancy between four Western countries and their Caribbean dependencies, 1980–2014

• Published in: European journal of public health Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 85 - 92
• Main Authors: Verstraeten, Soraya P A, van Oers, Hans A M, Mackenbach, Johan P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.02.2020; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Administrators; Age; Autonomy; Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary artery disease; Death; Death & dying; Disease; Heart diseases; Homicide; Independence; Ischemia; Life expectancy; Life span; Mortality; Mortality rates; Policy implementation; Political identity; Politics; Public health; Territory; Traffic; Traffic accidents; Traffic accidents & safety; Trends

Abstract Background In the Caribbean, life expectancy in politically independent territories has increasingly diverged from that of territories that remained affiliated to their former colonizers. Because these affiliated territories differ in degree of political independence, they are not all gover...