Marie-Curie fellow

José Manuel joined Oxford to hold the Newton International and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships. Since 2022, he is also the Brass Blacker Associate Professor of Demography at LSHTM. He received his MA in Demography at El Colegio de México, and PhD in Demography at the University of Southern Denmark and Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in 2020.

The overarching aim of José's research is to produce novel insights on population health inequalities and better understand the link between health inequalities and social determinants of health through core demographic concepts.

Theoretically and methodologically, José's work follows two main strands. First, he develops and advances formal demographic techniques to measure inequalities in the length of life, and uses this perspective to generate new ways of analysing population health. Second, through these and other methodological tools, he examines the structural and social determinants of population health inequalities. His work so far has examined how structural shocks like violence, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic, affect population health inequalities around the globe.

 

Publications

Thursday, 23 September 2021
Aburto, J. (2021) “The need for all-cause mortality data to aid our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America”, American Journal of Public Health, 111(10), pp. 1721–1722.
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Colchero, F. et al. (2021) “The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis”, Nature Communications, 12(1).
Saturday, 15 May 2021
Riffe, T., Acosta, E. and Aburto, J.-M. (2021) “Data resource profile: COVerAGE-DB: a global demographic database of COVID-19 cases and deaths”, International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(2), pp. 390 – 390f.
Wednesday, 07 April 2021
Glei, D. et al. (2021) “Mexican mortality 1990‒2016: Comparison of unadjusted and adjusted estimates”, Demographic Research, 44, pp. 719–758.
Monday, 15 February 2021
Aburto, J. et al. (2021) “Uneven state distribution of homicides in Brazil and their effect on life expectancy, 2000–2015: a cross-sectional mortality study”, BMJ Open, 11(2).
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Aburto, J. et al. (2021) “Estimating the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, life expectancy and lifespan inequality in England and Wales: a population-level analysis”, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(8), pp. 735–740.
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Villavicencio, F. and Aburto, J. (2020) “Does the risk of death continue to rise among supercentenarians?”, in Maier, H., Jeune, B., and Vaupel, J. (eds.) Exceptional Lifespans. Springer, pp. 37–48.
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Lenart, A. et al. (2020) “The Human Longevity Record May Hold for Decades: Jeanne Calment’s Extraordinary Record Is Not Evidence for an Upper Limit to Human Lifespan”, in Maier, H., Jeune, B., and Vaupel, J. (eds.) Exceptional Lifespans. Springer.
Sunday, 08 November 2020
Aburto, J., Kristensen, F. and Sharp, P. (2020) “Black-white disparities during an epidemic: life expectancy and lifespan disparity in the US, 1980–2000”, Economics and Human Biology, 40(2021).
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Pascariu, M. et al. (2020) “The linear link: deriving age-specific death rates from life expectancy”, Risks, 8(4).
Friday, 28 August 2020
Kashnitsky, I. and Aburto, J. (2020) “COVID-19 in unequally ageing European regions”, World Development, 136.
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Bergeron-Boucher, M.-P., Aburto, J. and van Raalte, A. (2020) “Diversification in causes of death in low-mortality countries: emerging patterns and implications ”, BMJ Global Health, 5(7).
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Nepomuceno, M. et al. (2020) “Besides population age structure, health and other demographic factors can contribute to understanding the COVID-19 burden”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(25), pp. 13881–13883.
Thursday, 02 April 2020
Riffe, T. and Aburto, J. (2020) “Lexis fields”, Demographic Research, 42, pp. 713–725.
Monday, 24 February 2020
Aburto, J. et al. (2020) “Dynamics of life expectancy and life span equality”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(10), pp. 5250–5259.
Wednesday, 01 January 2020
Bergeron-Boucher, M.-P. et al. (2020) “Alternative Forecasts of Danish Life Expectancy”, in Developments in Demographic Forecasting. Springer Nature, pp. 131–151.
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
García, J. and Aburto, J. (2019) “The impact of violence on Venezuelan life expectancy and lifespan inequality.”, International journal of epidemiology, 48(5), pp. 1593–1601.
Thursday, 08 August 2019
Kashnitsky, I. and Aburto, J. (2019) “Geofaceting: Aligning small-multiples for regions in a spatially meaningful way”, Demographic Research, 41, pp. 477–490.
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Aburto, J. et al. (2019) “The threshold age of the lifetable entropy”, Demographic Research, 41, pp. 83–102.
Monday, 10 June 2019
Alvarez, J.-A., Aburto, J. and Canudas-Romo, V. (2019) “Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries”, Population Studies, 74(1), pp. 75–92.
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José Manuel joined Oxford to hold the Newton International and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships. Since 2022, he is also the Brass Blacker Associate Professor of Demography at LSHTM. He received his MA in Demography at El Colegio de México, and PhD in Demography at the University of Southern Denmark and Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in 2020.

The overarching aim of José's research is to produce novel insights on population health inequalities and better understand the link between health inequalities and social determinants of health through core demographic concepts.

Theoretically and methodologically, José's work follows two main strands. First, he develops and advances formal demographic techniques to measure inequalities in the length of life, and uses this perspective to generate new ways of analysing population health. Second, through these and other methodological tools, he examines the structural and social determinants of population health inequalities. His work so far has examined how structural shocks like violence, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic, affect population health inequalities around the globe.

 

Publications

Thursday, 23 September 2021
Aburto, J. (2021) “The need for all-cause mortality data to aid our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America”, American Journal of Public Health, 111(10), pp. 1721–1722.
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Colchero, F. et al. (2021) “The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis”, Nature Communications, 12(1).
Saturday, 15 May 2021
Riffe, T., Acosta, E. and Aburto, J.-M. (2021) “Data resource profile: COVerAGE-DB: a global demographic database of COVID-19 cases and deaths”, International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(2), pp. 390 – 390f.
Wednesday, 07 April 2021
Glei, D. et al. (2021) “Mexican mortality 1990‒2016: Comparison of unadjusted and adjusted estimates”, Demographic Research, 44, pp. 719–758.
Monday, 15 February 2021
Aburto, J. et al. (2021) “Uneven state distribution of homicides in Brazil and their effect on life expectancy, 2000–2015: a cross-sectional mortality study”, BMJ Open, 11(2).
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Aburto, J. et al. (2021) “Estimating the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, life expectancy and lifespan inequality in England and Wales: a population-level analysis”, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(8), pp. 735–740.
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Villavicencio, F. and Aburto, J. (2020) “Does the risk of death continue to rise among supercentenarians?”, in Maier, H., Jeune, B., and Vaupel, J. (eds.) Exceptional Lifespans. Springer, pp. 37–48.
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Lenart, A. et al. (2020) “The Human Longevity Record May Hold for Decades: Jeanne Calment’s Extraordinary Record Is Not Evidence for an Upper Limit to Human Lifespan”, in Maier, H., Jeune, B., and Vaupel, J. (eds.) Exceptional Lifespans. Springer.
Sunday, 08 November 2020
Aburto, J., Kristensen, F. and Sharp, P. (2020) “Black-white disparities during an epidemic: life expectancy and lifespan disparity in the US, 1980–2000”, Economics and Human Biology, 40(2021).
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Pascariu, M. et al. (2020) “The linear link: deriving age-specific death rates from life expectancy”, Risks, 8(4).
Friday, 28 August 2020
Kashnitsky, I. and Aburto, J. (2020) “COVID-19 in unequally ageing European regions”, World Development, 136.
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Bergeron-Boucher, M.-P., Aburto, J. and van Raalte, A. (2020) “Diversification in causes of death in low-mortality countries: emerging patterns and implications ”, BMJ Global Health, 5(7).
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Nepomuceno, M. et al. (2020) “Besides population age structure, health and other demographic factors can contribute to understanding the COVID-19 burden”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(25), pp. 13881–13883.
Thursday, 02 April 2020
Riffe, T. and Aburto, J. (2020) “Lexis fields”, Demographic Research, 42, pp. 713–725.
Monday, 24 February 2020
Aburto, J. et al. (2020) “Dynamics of life expectancy and life span equality”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(10), pp. 5250–5259.
Wednesday, 01 January 2020
Bergeron-Boucher, M.-P. et al. (2020) “Alternative Forecasts of Danish Life Expectancy”, in Developments in Demographic Forecasting. Springer Nature, pp. 131–151.
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
García, J. and Aburto, J. (2019) “The impact of violence on Venezuelan life expectancy and lifespan inequality.”, International journal of epidemiology, 48(5), pp. 1593–1601.
Thursday, 08 August 2019
Kashnitsky, I. and Aburto, J. (2019) “Geofaceting: Aligning small-multiples for regions in a spatially meaningful way”, Demographic Research, 41, pp. 477–490.
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Aburto, J. et al. (2019) “The threshold age of the lifetable entropy”, Demographic Research, 41, pp. 83–102.
Monday, 10 June 2019
Alvarez, J.-A., Aburto, J. and Canudas-Romo, V. (2019) “Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries”, Population Studies, 74(1), pp. 75–92.

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