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InhaltsangabeAcknowledgements.- INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Nazrul Hoque, Mary A. McGehee, and Benjamin S. Bradshaw.- SECTION I: IMPACT OF AGING ON HEALTH AND HEALTH-RELATED EXPENDITURE.- Chapter 2: The Implications of Aging and Diversification of Population on Overweight and Obesity and the Cost Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Texas, 2000-2040: Nazrul Hoque and Jeffrey Howard.- Chapter 3: The Effect of Obesity on Intergenerational Income Mobility: Liana Fox and Nathan Hutto.- Chapter 4: A Cross-Country Comparison of Sociodemographic Correlates of Depression in the WHO Study of Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE): Tristan Gorrindo, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal, Zachary Epstein, and Maxine Weinstein.- Chapter 5: Population Aging and Health Expenditure in Kerala: An Empirical Analysis: Yadawendra Singh.- SECTION II: CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY.- Chapter 6: State Estimates of Cause and Condition-Specific Mortality Rates for Diabetes Mellitus: David W. Smith, Stephanie L. McFall, and Benjamin S. Bradshaw.- Chapter 7: Individual- and County-Level Factors Associated with Racial Disparities in Cause-Specific Infant Mortality: Florida 1980-2000: Jessica C. Bishop-Royse and Isaac W. Eberstein.- Chapter 8: Estimates of Survival and Mortality from Successive Cross-Sectional Surveys: David W. Smith, Stephanie L. McFall, and Benjamin Bradshaw.- Chapter 9: Cancer Screening in the U.S. and Europe: Policies, Practice, and Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Krista Garcia and Eileen M. Crimmins.- SECTION III: MATERNAL HEALTH AND MORBIDITY.- Chapter 10: Obstetric Morbidity among Currently Married Women in India: A Serious Reproductive Health Concern: Pandurang Sontakke and R. S. Reshmi.- Chapter 11: Maternal Health Status and Early Childbearing: A Test of the Weathering Hypothesis: Sarah O. Meadows, Megan K. Beckett, Marc N. Elliot, and Christine Petersen.- Chapter 12: Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality in Post War Liberia: A Survey Analysis: Komandduri S. Murty and Jimmy D. McCamey Jr.- SECTION IV: SPECIAL ANALYSIS.- Chapter 13: Neighborhood Resources and Adolescent Health and Risk Behaviors: Karen A. Snedker, Jerald R. Herting, and Emily Walton.- Chapter 14: Population Density, Density of Alcohol Retail Outlets, and Point of Consumption's Relation to Violent and Non-Violent Crime: A Spatial Analysis: E. B. Mancha and M. Zey: Chapter 15: Determinants of Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Diabetic Patients in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh: Md. Nazrul Islam Mondal, Nazrul Hoque, Sabiha Yasmin Moni, and Md. Rocky Khan Chowdhury.- Chapter 16: Active Aging Index and Healthy Life Expectancy in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh: Md. Ismail Tareque, Nazrul Hoque, Towfiqua Mahfuza Islam, Kazuo Kawahara, and Makiko Sugawa.- Chapter 17: A Systematic Review of Retirement as a Risk Factor for Mortality: Matthew J. Shim, David Gimeno, Sandi L. Pruitt, Christopher B. McLeod, Margaret J. Foster, and Benjamin C. Amick III.- SECTION V: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES.- Chapter 18: Back to Basics or into a Brave New World? The Potential and Pitfalls of Biomarkers in Explaining the Pathways between Social Engagement and Health: Yumiko Kamiya, Virpi Timonen, Roman Romero-Ortuno, and RoseAnne Kenny.- Chapter 19: Methodological Aspects of Studying Human Aging, Health, and Mortality: A. I. Yashin, I. Akushevich, K. Arbeev, A. Kulminski, and S. Ukraintseva.- Chapter 20: Understanding Society - The UK Household Longitudinal Survey: A Resource for Demographers: Stephanie L. McFall and Nick Buck.- Chapter 21: The Applicability of the Lee-Carter Method to Forecast Health Services Use in Brazil: Cristina Guimarães Rodrigues, Mônica Viegas Andrade, Bernardo Lanza Queiroz, and Carla Jorge Machado.
