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Have life expectancies in eastern and western Germany converged since reunification?
Population and Societies
n° 544, May 2017
Following the division of the country in 1949, life expectancy in East and West Germany diverged. Markéta Pechholdová and her colleagues compare trends in mortality by cause in the two parts of Germany to explain the factors behind this divergence and the new trends observed since reunification.