Mortality (demography)/Bibliography


 * CIA World Factbook, 2007. online
 * Fogel, Robert W. The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America, and the Third World (2004)
 * Omran A.R. "The epidemiologic transition: a theory of the epidemiology of population change." Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly (1971) 49:501-538
 * Haupt, Arthur, and Thomas T. Kane. Population Handbook (Population Reference Bureau, 5th ed. 2004)  online (5th ed. 2004),  A quick 72pp guide to population dynamics; explains how to calculate and use major rates, ratios, and other measures from the birth rate to the life table; includes tips on interpreting population data.
 * Kellehear, Allan. A Social History of Dying, (Cambridge University Press; 2007, 310 pages). Draws on literary, medical, philosophical, and other texts in a study of ideas about dying from ancient societies to the present
 * Riley, James C. Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History (2001)
 * Shryock, H.S. and Jacob S. Siegal. The methods and materials of Demography. (1978) Chapter 14 and 15.
 * Weeks, John R. Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues (10th ed. 2007)
 * Wendel, Helmut, and Christopher S Wendel. Vital Statistics of the United States Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths and Selected Health Data (2006)
 * Yaukey, David and Douglas L. Anderton. Demography: The Study of Human Population. 2nd ed. 2001. Chapter 5