Greater mortality variability in the United States in comparison with peer countries
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.36
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Keywords
mortality; life expectancy; Human Mortality Database (HMD); international comparison;All these keywords.
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- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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