Federal Institute for Population Research

Journal ArticlesStagnating mortality convergence across European regions in recent years

Sauerberg, Markus; Bonnet, Florian; Camarda, Carlo-Giovanni; Grigoriev, Pavel (2024)

N-IUSSP December 2, 2024: 1–4

While mortality is low in Europe, progress is slowing down and regional convergence, once notable, may have come to a halt. The authors fear that Europe may be at the eve of a new, and less favourable phase of survival evolution.