Frontmatter -- Contents / Table des matières -- Introduction à la collection -- Introduction to the Series -- Introduction -- Definition of social and economic factors -- The measurement of social and economic factors -- The problem of interdependence -- Factor analysis -- Urban typology -- The level of living -- Time changes in death rates -- Generation mortality studies -- Nutrition -- Occupation -- Age standardisation -- Difficulties of interpretation -- Limitations of occupational mortality investigations -- Occupational differences -- Urbanisation -- Housing -- Classification of housing conditions -- Marriage -- Climate and geography -- Factors influencing peri-natal mortality -- Education and culture -- Availability of medical services -- The mode of living -- Socio-economic groups -- Prospective studies -- RÉSUMÉ FRANÇAIS: Facteurs sociaux et économiques de la mortalité -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUTHOR INDEXweiterlesen