The diversity of life expectancy, the intensity of births and deaths in the European Union Countries Cover Image

Zróżnicowanie trwania życia, natężenia urodzeń i zgonów w państwach Unii Europejskiej
The diversity of life expectancy, the intensity of births and deaths in the European Union Countries

Author(s): Iwona Roeske-Słomka
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Sociology, Social development, Demography and human biology, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: life expectancy; structure of births; fertility; mortality

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the diversity of life expectancy, fertility rates, infant mortality and overall mortality rates in the European Union, as well as an attempt to distinguish groups of similar countries due to each of the variables as well as because of all these variables together. The procedure to estimate a synthetic development measure required to carry out the standardization of variables, which in the described case used so-called check-parcel standardization method.

  • Issue Year: 59/2014
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 66-75
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
Toggle Accessibility Mode