1.   Erm, excess male mortality in humans as a function of age.

2.   A number of hypotheses to account for an excess mortality have been proposed, including an effect of socioeconomic statis.

3.   The excess mortality was attributed to coal mining and the extensive use of soft coal in the mining areas.

4.   The authors thus concluded that the excess mortality noted for gastric cancer was probably related to socioeconomic class rather than coal mining.

5.   It is evident that there is a variety of occupations in which an excess mortality has been described for gastric cancer.

6.   The last two rates illustrate Male excess mortality, a common phenomenon of most countries this century for all age groups except where death in childbirth reverses the pattern.

7.   In most societies this pattern of excess male mortality continues during the first six months of life.

8.   In most societies this pattern of excess male mortality continues for the first six months.