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Project

Understanding Divergences in Longevity Trends

Dmitri A. Jdanov, Domantas Jasilionis, Moradhvaj Dhakad; in Collaboration with Vladimir M. Shkolnikov (MPIDR), David Leon (The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom)

This project is devoted to monitoring and understanding divergences in life expectancy across Europe and other global regions. In particular, we focus on slowdowns and reversals in cause-specific mortality and life expectancy, and identify possible determinants of these developments, using population-level data and the health transition theoretical framework.  Detailed Description

Publications

Leon, D. A.; Jdanov, D. A.; Medina-Jaudes, N.; Danilova, I. A.; Shkolnikov, V. M.:

Long-term negative divergence in mortality at ages 25–49 years between the United Kingdom and 21 peer countries between 1990 and 2019

European Journal of Epidemiology, 1–12. (2026)    

Marinetti, I.; Jdanov, D. A.; Jasilionis, D.; Nepomuceno, M. R.; Islam, N.; Janssen, F.:

Seasonality in mortality and its impact on life expectancy levels and trends across Europe

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 79:6, 466–473. (2025)    

Jasilionis, D.; van Raalte, A. A.; Klüsener, S.; Grigoriev, P.:

Re: The pitfalls of focusing on cardiovascular disease mortality to explain differences in life expectancy [Correspondence]

European Journal of Epidemiology 39, 339–341. (2024)    

Jdanov, D. A.; Jasilionis, D.; Shkolnikov, V. M.:

Two-dimensional contour decomposition: decomposing mortality differences into initial difference and trend components by age and cause of death

Demographic Research 50:41, 1224–1246. (2024)    

Jasilionis, D.; Meslé, F.; Vallin, J.:

Is East-West life expectancy gap narrowing in the enlarged European Union?

Comparative Population Studies 48, 523–552. (2023)    

Jasilionis, D.; van Raalte, A. A.; Klüsener, S.; Grigoriev, P.:

The underwhelming German life expectancy

European Journal of Epidemiology 38:8, 839–850. (2023)