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Stillbirths in Nineteenth-Century Paris: Social, Legal and Medical Implications of a Statistical CategoryVincent Gourdon, Catherine RolletIn the nineteenth century, the stillbirth rate in Paris was higher than in the rest of France, representing almost one birth in ten at the ...

The Demography of Oceania, from the 1950s to the 2000s. A Summary of Changes and a Statistical AssessmentJean-Louis RalluOceania is made up of 17 independent countries and 6 territories totalling 35 million inhabitants, of which 73% live in Australia ...

Religious Affiliation and Mortality in Switzerland, 1991-2004Mathias Lerch, Michel Oris, Philippe Wanner and Yannic ForneyAs in other European countries, the religious landscape of Switzerland has diversified over the last forty years, with a movement away from the traditional institutions ...

Recent Demographic Developments in France: Fewer Adults Live with a PartnerFrance Prioux, Magali Mazuy, Magali BarbieriOn 1 January 2010, the population of metropolitan France was 62.8 million. It grew more slowly than in 2008 (5.2 per 1,000), owing to a ...

Constructing a Cohort: Experience with the French Elfe ProjectClaudine Pirus, Corinne Bois, Marie-Noëlle Dufourg, Jean-Louis Lanoë, Stéphanie Vandentorren, Henri Leridon and the Elfe teamThe project to construct a multidisciplinary study cohort of 20,000 children to be monitored from birth to ...

Populations and Demographic Trends of European Countries, 1980-2010Alexandre Adveev, Tatiana Eremenko, Patrick Festy, Joëlle Gaymu, Nathalie Le Bouteillec, Sabine SpringerEuropean population growth has slowed over the last thirty years, with a steadily decreasing excess of births over deaths. Net migration ...

Second Union Fertility in France: Partners’ Age and Other FactorsEva BeaujouanIn France, as in the rest of Europe, family trajectories have become increasingly diversified. How does childbearing fit into these more complex conjugal patterns? More specifically, what is the impact ...

Recent Demographic Developments in France: Some Differences between Overseas Départements and Metropolitan FranceMagali Mazuy, France Prioux, Magali BarbieriThe total population of France on 1 January 2011 is estimated at 65 million, of whom 1.9 million reside in overseas départements (DOMs). ...

Health Crisis in Belarus as Mirrored by Long-Term Trends in Mortality by Causes of Death (1965-2008)Pavel GrigorievCompared to the other countries of the former USSR, mortality trends in Belarus have received very little attention. Until now, a lack of detailed ...

The Demography of Canada and the United States from the 1980s to the 2000s. A Summary of Changes and a Statistical AssessmentMagali Barbieri, Nadine OuelletteCanada and the United States have enjoyed vigorous population growth since the early 1980s. Although mortality ...