Publications

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2026

Why do women live longer than men, but spend more time in poor health? A decomposition analysis of the gender gap in unhealthy life years across Europe

Muszyńska-Spielauer, M., Minagawa, Y., Di Giulio, P. & Di Lego, V.

European Journal of Epidemiology

Gender

2024

Mismatches in Health: A Global Analysis of Discrepancies Between Self-Reported and Tested Mobility and Cognition

Di Lego, V., Spitzer, S. & Lazarevič, P.

Comparative Population Studies, v. 49, p. 181–214

Health

Decrease in healthy life expectancy in German federal states 2009–2017: Association between chronic conditions, demographic structures and healthy life expectancy

Tetzlaff, F., Nowossadeck, E., Epping, J., Di Lego, V., Muszynska-Spielauer, M., Beller, J., Sperlich, S. & Tetzlaff, J.

European Journal of Public Health

Health Expectancy

2023

Uncovering the gender health data gap

Di Lego, V.

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 39, p. 1–4

Gender

2022

The impact of COVID-19 vaccines on the Case Fatality Rate: The importance of monitoring breakthrough infections

Di Lego, V., Sanchez-Romero, M. & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.059

COVID-19

2021

Decrease in Life Expectancy in Germany in 2020: Men from Eastern Germany Most Affected

Luy, M., Sauerberg, M., Muszyńska-Spielauer, M. & Di Lego, V.

Comparative Population Studies, 46. doi:10.12765/CPoS-2021-20

Mortality

Health expectancy indicators: what do they measure?

Di Lego, V.

Cadernos de Saúde Coletiva, 29(esp.), 115–129. doi:10.1590/1414-462X202199010376

Methods

Gender disparities in health at older ages and their consequences for well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean

Nepomuceno, M. R., Di Lego, V. & Turra, C. M.

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 19. doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res2.1

Gender

An indirect method to monitor the fraction of people ever infected with COVID-19: An application to the United States

Sánchez-Romero, M., Di Lego, V., Prskawetz, A. & Queiroz, B. L.

PLoS ONE, 16(1), e0245845. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245845

COVID-19

A demographic perspective on human wellbeing: Concepts, measurement and population heterogeneity

Spitzer, S., Di Lego, V., Greulich, A. & Muttarak, R.

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 19. doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2021.int01

Wellbeing

2020

Gender differences in healthy and unhealthy life years

Di Lego, V., Di Giulio, P. & Luy, M.

In: Jagger et al. (eds.), International Handbook of Health Expectancies. Springer, 151–172

Gender

Age, gender and COVID-19 infections

Sobotka, T., Brzozowska, Z., Muttarak, R., Zeman, K. & Di Lego, V.

medRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.05.24.20111765

COVID-19

How many lives can be saved? A global view on the impact of testing, herd immunity and demographics on COVID-19 fatality rates

Sánchez-Romero, M., Di Lego, V., Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. & Queiroz, B. L.

ECON WPS No. 05/2020, Vienna University of Technology

COVID-19

European Demographic Datasheet 2020

Sobotka, T. et al. (incl. Di Lego, V.)

Vienna Institute of Demography / Wittgenstein Centre

Data

2018 & earlier

Mortality levels among Brazilian Air Force Officers

Di Lego, V. & Turra, C. M.

MSc thesis, Cedeplar/UFMG, 2014; presented at European Population Conference, 2014

Mortality

Vanguards of Longevity: The case of Brazilian Air Force military

Di Lego, V.

PhD dissertation, Cedeplar/UFMG, 2017

Longevity

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