The Grim Reaper's Road Map: An Atlas of Mortality in Britain

To provide you with a couple of brief examples of the detail in this book: the average age of death for those dying from Parkinson's disease is 80.4 years; data point to cardiovascular complications as being the biggest cause of death for those aged 60 or more years; and it is not until the 85-...

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Published inAgeing & Society Vol. 29; no. 5; p. 843
Main Authors WOODTHORPE, KATE, Shaw; Thomas; Smith; Dorling, Mary; Bethan; George Davey; Daniel
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.07.2009
Subjects
Ageing
Behavioural sciences
Causes of death
Demography
Gerontology
Mortality
Nonfiction
Parkinson's disease
Respiratory diseases
Social behaviour
United Kingdom
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Summary:To provide you with a couple of brief examples of the detail in this book: the average age of death for those dying from Parkinson's disease is 80.4 years; data point to cardiovascular complications as being the biggest cause of death for those aged 60 or more years; and it is not until the 85-89 age group that other causes of death start to grow in number, with cerebrovascular disease and pneumonia dominating.
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ISSN:0144-686X
1469-1779
DOI:10.1017/S0144686X09008654