Viviana Egidi
Biographic Data
| ID | 312346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Viviana Egidi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Viviana |
| FAMILY NAME | Egidi |
| SIGNATURE | EGIDI V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9264-5882 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Multi-Morbidity at Death and the US Disadvantage in Mortality
The US experiences significant excess mortality compared to peer countries. The literature indicates that a similar disadvantage affects morbidity and, more generally, the prevalence of risk factors for major diseases within the US population. In this study, we assess the impact of multi-morbidity at death on the mortality gap between the US and three other high-income countries with comparable data, namely France, Italy, and Spain. The study rel…
Self-assessment of health
Self-Rated Health (SRH) is currently one of the most popular indicators of population health. Studies show that SRH has a strong association with physical functioning, well-being, and mortality across a variety of populations and ages. Despite its wide use, the different elements that act and interact when an individual assesses their own health are still not clear. To date, only one study has focused on the process of self-assessment of health a…
Ageing and diversity
BACKGROUND Longevity and old age are two aspects of the same phenomenon, representing a major concern for modern societies. There is universal consensus among scholars about the need for new frameworks and measures to define older people in a more effective and dynamic way. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to compute prospective old-age thresholds (POATs) in six countries characterised by disparate progress in survival. To outline possible stra…
Assessment of Excess Mortality in Italy in 2020–2021 as a Function of Selected Macro-Factors
The clustering shows diverse behaviours by geography and time, the impact of socioeconomic characteristics, and local governments and health services' responses. The LMAs allow to draw a clear picture of local characteristics associated with the spread of the virus. The employment rate trend confirmed that essential workers were at risk, especially during the first wave
Frailty at death
Notable cross-country differences were found in the prevalence and the type of frailty-related symptoms at death even after adjusting for differential age distributions
Multi-morbidity and frailty at death
Mortality statistics based on underlying cause of death are challenged by increased life expectancy and the growing share of population reaching ages associated with frequent multi-morbidity (with death likely resulting from interactions between multiple diseases). We provide a novel way of analysing causes of death: accounting for all causes mentioned on death certificates and summarizing this information along two dimensions emblematic of agein…
A network approach to studying cause-of-death interrelations
Multiple causes of death describe complex death processes marked by the simultaneous presence of several diseases and conditions, primarily at older ages
Educational differentials in disability vary across and within welfare regimes
BACKGROUND: Social differentials in disability prevalence exist in all European countries, but their scale varies markedly. To improve understanding of this variation, the article focuses on each end of the social gradient. It compares the extent of the higher disability prevalence in low social groups (referred to as disability disadvantage) and of the lower prevalence in high social groups (disability advantage); country-specific advantages/dis…
The Latent Dimensions of Poor Self-Rated Health
Mortality From Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Dementias in France and Italy
Our research highlights several consequences of the conditions under study that could be targeted by public health policy. It also speaks to the existence of differences in diagnosis/certification practices that may explain differences in mortality levels
Analysing Multiple Causes of Death
Revisiting the mortality of France and Italy with the multiple-cause-of-death approach
In this paper, we use the multiple cause-of-death approach to compare the mortality profiles of France and Italy in 2003. Our analysis leads to a substantial re-evaluation of the role played by certain conditions in the process leading to death. Regard
Why do Italian people rate their health worse than French people do? An exploration of cross-country differentials of self-rated health
Geographical mortality patterns in Italy
In this paper, we present a hierarchical spatial model for the analysis of geographical variation in mortality between the Italian provinces in the year 2001, according to gender, age class, and cause of death. When analysing counts data specific to geographical locations, classical empirical rates or standardised mortality ratios may produce estimates that show a very high level of overdispersion due to the effect of spatial autocorrelation amon…
The Need for a Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Demography, as well all disciplines focusing on man such as economics, sociology, epidemiology or medicine, face the same dilemma: its units of observation (individual or collective) are multidimensional systems,\nwhose many components define a single entity, which takes decisions, experiences events and influences its environment. The various disciplines as we currently know them are simply different points of view from which we observe these un…
Nécessité d'une approche multidisciplinaire
Les causes de décès en France de 1925 à 1978
Ce texte a été présenté au séminaire sur les Etudes comparées de la mortalité et de la morbidité : anciennes et nouvelles approches de mesure et d'analyse, organisé à Sienne du 7 au 12 juillet 1986, par la Commission de l'UIESP sur l'Analyse comparée des changements en matière de mortalité
Le Differenze Territoriali di Mortalita in Italia. Tavole di Mortalita Provinciali (1971-72)
New Trends in European Mortality
Le Epidemie nella Storia Demografica Italiana (Secoli XIV-XIX)
Les causes de décès en France de 1925 à 1978
Ce texte a été présenté au séminaire sur les Etudes comparées de la mortalité et de la morbidité : anciennes et nouvelles approches de mesure et d'analyse, organisé à Sienne du 7 au 12 juillet 1986, par la Commission de l'UIESP sur l'Analyse comparée des changements en matière de mortalité
Why do Italian people rate their health worse than French people do? An exploration of cross-country differentials of self-rated health
Educational differentials in disability vary across and within welfare regimes
BACKGROUND: Social differentials in disability prevalence exist in all European countries, but their scale varies markedly. To improve understanding of this variation, the article focuses on each end of the social gradient. It compares the extent of the higher disability prevalence in low social groups (referred to as disability disadvantage) and of the lower prevalence in high social groups (disability advantage); country-specific advantages/dis…
Multi-morbidity and frailty at death
Mortality statistics based on underlying cause of death are challenged by increased life expectancy and the growing share of population reaching ages associated with frequent multi-morbidity (with death likely resulting from interactions between multiple diseases). We provide a novel way of analysing causes of death: accounting for all causes mentioned on death certificates and summarizing this information along two dimensions emblematic of agein…
Revisiting the mortality of France and Italy with the multiple-cause-of-death approach
In this paper, we use the multiple cause-of-death approach to compare the mortality profiles of France and Italy in 2003. Our analysis leads to a substantial re-evaluation of the role played by certain conditions in the process leading to death. Regard
Mortality From Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Dementias in France and Italy
Our research highlights several consequences of the conditions under study that could be targeted by public health policy. It also speaks to the existence of differences in diagnosis/certification practices that may explain differences in mortality levels
Analysing Multiple Causes of Death
Geographical mortality patterns in Italy
In this paper, we present a hierarchical spatial model for the analysis of geographical variation in mortality between the Italian provinces in the year 2001, according to gender, age class, and cause of death. When analysing counts data specific to geographical locations, classical empirical rates or standardised mortality ratios may produce estimates that show a very high level of overdispersion due to the effect of spatial autocorrelation amon…
The Latent Dimensions of Poor Self-Rated Health
A network approach to studying cause-of-death interrelations
Multiple causes of death describe complex death processes marked by the simultaneous presence of several diseases and conditions, primarily at older ages
New Trends in European Mortality
Le Epidemie nella Storia Demografica Italiana (Secoli XIV-XIX)
Le Differenze Territoriali di Mortalita in Italia. Tavole di Mortalita Provinciali (1971-72)
Les causes de décès en France de 1925 à 1978
Ce texte a été présenté au séminaire sur les Etudes comparées de la mortalité et de la morbidité : anciennes et nouvelles approches de mesure et d'analyse, organisé à Sienne du 7 au 12 juillet 1986, par la Commission de l'UIESP sur l'Analyse comparée des changements en matière de mortalité
The Need for a Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Demography, as well all disciplines focusing on man such as economics, sociology, epidemiology or medicine, face the same dilemma: its units of observation (individual or collective) are multidimensional systems,\nwhose many components define a single entity, which takes decisions, experiences events and influences its environment. The various disciplines as we currently know them are simply different points of view from which we observe these un…
Nécessité d'une approche multidisciplinaire
Why do Italian people rate their health worse than French people do? An exploration of cross-country differentials of self-rated health
Geographical mortality patterns in Italy
In this paper, we present a hierarchical spatial model for the analysis of geographical variation in mortality between the Italian provinces in the year 2001, according to gender, age class, and cause of death. When analysing counts data specific to geographical locations, classical empirical rates or standardised mortality ratios may produce estimates that show a very high level of overdispersion due to the effect of spatial autocorrelation amon…
Revisiting the mortality of France and Italy with the multiple-cause-of-death approach
In this paper, we use the multiple cause-of-death approach to compare the mortality profiles of France and Italy in 2003. Our analysis leads to a substantial re-evaluation of the role played by certain conditions in the process leading to death. Regard
Analysing Multiple Causes of Death
Mortality From Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Dementias in France and Italy
Our research highlights several consequences of the conditions under study that could be targeted by public health policy. It also speaks to the existence of differences in diagnosis/certification practices that may explain differences in mortality levels
Educational differentials in disability vary across and within welfare regimes
BACKGROUND: Social differentials in disability prevalence exist in all European countries, but their scale varies markedly. To improve understanding of this variation, the article focuses on each end of the social gradient. It compares the extent of the higher disability prevalence in low social groups (referred to as disability disadvantage) and of the lower prevalence in high social groups (disability advantage); country-specific advantages/dis…
The Latent Dimensions of Poor Self-Rated Health
A network approach to studying cause-of-death interrelations
Multiple causes of death describe complex death processes marked by the simultaneous presence of several diseases and conditions, primarily at older ages
Multi-morbidity and frailty at death
Mortality statistics based on underlying cause of death are challenged by increased life expectancy and the growing share of population reaching ages associated with frequent multi-morbidity (with death likely resulting from interactions between multiple diseases). We provide a novel way of analysing causes of death: accounting for all causes mentioned on death certificates and summarizing this information along two dimensions emblematic of agein…
Assessment of Excess Mortality in Italy in 2020–2021 as a Function of Selected Macro-Factors
The clustering shows diverse behaviours by geography and time, the impact of socioeconomic characteristics, and local governments and health services' responses. The LMAs allow to draw a clear picture of local characteristics associated with the spread of the virus. The employment rate trend confirmed that essential workers were at risk, especially during the first wave
Frailty at death
Notable cross-country differences were found in the prevalence and the type of frailty-related symptoms at death even after adjusting for differential age distributions
Self-assessment of health
Self-Rated Health (SRH) is currently one of the most popular indicators of population health. Studies show that SRH has a strong association with physical functioning, well-being, and mortality across a variety of populations and ages. Despite its wide use, the different elements that act and interact when an individual assesses their own health are still not clear. To date, only one study has focused on the process of self-assessment of health a…
Ageing and diversity
BACKGROUND Longevity and old age are two aspects of the same phenomenon, representing a major concern for modern societies. There is universal consensus among scholars about the need for new frameworks and measures to define older people in a more effective and dynamic way. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to compute prospective old-age thresholds (POATs) in six countries characterised by disparate progress in survival. To outline possible stra…
Multi-Morbidity at Death and the US Disadvantage in Mortality
The US experiences significant excess mortality compared to peer countries. The literature indicates that a similar disadvantage affects morbidity and, more generally, the prevalence of risk factors for major diseases within the US population. In this study, we assess the impact of multi-morbidity at death on the mortality gap between the US and three other high-income countries with comparable data, namely France, Italy, and Spain. The study rel…
Medicine (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Cause of death (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Disease (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Global Health Care Issues (5 works)