Accurate, consistent and timely data on global trends in child, adult and oldage mortality are critical for assessing past and recent progress of regions and countries with respect to health, morbidity and well-being and for setting policy priorities to further improve child survival, reduce premature adult mortality and increase longevity at older ages. This publication presents the highlights of the World Mortality Report 2017, which summarizes for the period from 1970 to 2015, the levels and trends in mortality drawn from the latest United Nations estimates, as published in World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.
World Mortality Report 2017: Key trends -- Introduction -- Global levels and trends in mortality -- References -- Annex table.

26 p. : ill., graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 17).
Available online (viewed 19 Feb. 2020).

9789211483314
9789210046978 (e-ISBN)