Abstract
The main goal of the paper is to evaluate convergence and divergence tendencies of mortality in the Czech Republic after the year 1990 using both, traditional and specific measures. Data from the Czech Statistical Office is used for the analysis, the studied time period covers years 1991-2010 and life expectancy at birth was selected as the studied indicator.
In the analytical part, first, common statistics and possibilities of visualization of convergence and divergence of mortality are performed. Second, measures considering population weights are presented (the cumulative population distribution by the life expectancy at birth, percentages of population at each level of life expectancy at birth, the Dispersion measure of mortality, DMM).
Inequality in death is judged as more inequitable than other inequalities in human well-being and there exist pressure to reduce such disparities. Therefore, it could be expected that mortality convergence appeared in the studied period in the Czech Republic.
However, results indicate no clear mortality convergence in Czech districts - on the contrary, for example DMM indicates rather mortality divergence for males. There could be also identified a group of districts (above all in the northwest, e.g.
Most, Teplice, Chomutov) which are markedly lagging behind the rest of the Czech population during the whole studied period.