Christian Wegner-Siegmundt
Info
Phone: +43 1 515 81 7741
Fax: +43 1 515 81 7730
E-mail: christian.wegner@oeaw.ac.at
Education
- European Doctoral School of Demography, Rostock, Germany (2006-2007)
- Studies in Demography at the University of Rostock, Germany (2001-2006)
Professional Career
- Research Assistant at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since October 2008)
- Research Assistant at the University of Rostock (2007-2008)
Research Interests
- Differential Mortality and Morbidity
- Formal Demography
Projects
- MAGGIE – Major Ageing and Gender Issues in Europe more
- Gender Gap in Mortality
- HEMOX: The male-female health-mortality paradox more
Other Activities, Positions and Titles
- Organisation of the VID Colloquium more
Publications
- Doblhammer et al. (2009): Physical and mental health in the life-course. MAGGIE-report, D5. more
- Luy, M. & Wegner, C. (2009): Conventional versus tempo-adjusted life expectancy – which is the more appropriate measure for period mortality? Genus 65(2), p. 1-28. Abstract
- Wegner, C. & Luy, M. (2009): Determinants of general health and specific diseases of elderly women and men: A longitudinal analysis for Western and Eastern Germany. VID Working Paper 05/2009. more
- Flandorfer, P., Wegner, C. & Buber, I. (2010): Gender roles and smoking behaviour. VID Working Paper 07/2010. more
- Wegner, C. (2010): Tempo effects in different calculation type of period death rates. Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft 35(3), p. 543-568. doi:10.4232/10.CPoS-2010-13en
- Luy, M., Wegner, C., Lutz, W. (2011): Adult mortality in Europe. In Rogers, R. G.& Crimmins, E. M. (eds.): International handbook of adult mortality, Dordrecht et al., Springer: 2011, p. 49-81. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9996-9
- Luy, M. & Wegner, C. (2011): Lebe langsam - stirb alt. Eine geschlechterspezifische Studie über Klosterleben und Lebenserwartung [Live slowly - die old. A sex-specific study of monatic life and life expectancy]. Ärzte Woche 25(46), p. 16. Article
Medical publications
- Stöllberger, C. et al. (2011): Frequency of stroke and embolism in left ventricular hypertrabeculation/ noncompaction. American Journal of Cardiology 180(7), p. 1021-1023. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.05.039
- Stöllberger, C., et al. (2011): Neuromuscular and cardiac comorbidity determines survival in 140 patients with left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction. International Journal of Cardiology 150(1), p. 71-74. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.02.049
- Stöllberger, C. et al. (2011): Cardiac devices and neuromuscular disorders in left ventricular noncompaction. International Journal of Cardiology 148(2), p. 120-123. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.01.067
- Stöllberger, C., Wegner, C. & Finsterer, J. (2011): Seizure-associated takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Epilepsia doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03185.x.
- Stöllberger, C., Wegner, C. & Finsterer, J. (2011): Seizure-induced Takotsubo syndrome is more frequent than reported. International Journal of Cardiology 150(3), p. 359-360. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.05.049
- Stöllberger, C., Ucar-Altenberger, H., Wegner, C. (2011): Akute Koronarsyndrome bei Migranten [Acute coronary syndrome among migrants]. Universum Innere Medizin 6/11, p. 54-55.
Presentations
- Wegner, C.: Der Gesundheitsstatus älterer Personen in der Lebenslaufperspektive [The health status of elderly people in life course perspective]. Autumn Meeting of the working group “Demographic Methods“ of the German Demographic Association, Rostock (Germany), 19.10.2007. DGD-Mitteilung Nr.13, 2008
- Wegner, C.: Life course and health: Cardiovascular diseases. MAGGIE Meeting 2008, Firenze (Italy), 08.05.2008. more
- Wegner, C.: Life course impact on general health and specific diseases of elderly women and men. VID Colloquium, Vienna (Austria), 03.03.2009.
- Luy, M. & Wegner, C.: Conventional versus tempo-adjusted life expectancy - which is the more appropriate measure for period mortality? 2009 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Detroit (USA), 30.04.2009. more
- Luy, M. & Wegner, C.: Conventional versus tempo-adjusted life expectancy: which is the more appropriate measure for period mortality? XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference 2009, Marrakesch (Marokko), 02.10.2009. more
- Wegner, C. & Luy, M.: Konventionelle versus tempo-korrigierte Lebenserwartung [Conventional versus tempo-adjusted life expectancy], 14. Deutsch- Österreichisch- Schweizerisches Demographentreffen, Bad Reichenhall (Germany), 05.11.2009.
- Wegner, C.: Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede in der raucherassoziierten Sterblichkeit in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz [Sex differentials in smoking related mortality in Germany, Austria and Switzerland], 14. Deutsch- Österreichisch- Schweizerisches Demographentreffen, Bad Reichenhall (Germany), 06.11.2009.
- Wegner, C. & Luy, M.: Variations in early elderly health and disease status in a longitudinal perspective for Eastern and Western Germany. Annual Meeting of the Research Group: Young Demography, Rostock (Germany), 01.10.2009.
- Wegner, C. & Schuster, J.: Die Auswirkung sozialer Unterschiede im Lebenslauf auf den Gesundheitsstatus und der Sterblichkeit 60+-jähriger in Deutschland [The impact of social inequality in the life course on the health and survival status among Germans aged 60 and older]. Annual Conference of the German Society for Demography in collaboration with the Italian Association for Population Studies, Rostock (Germany), 04.03.2010.
- Flandorfer, P. & Wegner, C.: Gender role orientation and smoking behaviour. VID Colloquium, Vienna (Austria), 28.04.2010. more
- Flandorfer, P. & Wegner, C.: Perceived gender roles and smoking behaviour. European Population Conference, Vienna (Austria), 03.09.2010. more
- Wegner, C.: Age-specific tempo effects: Insights into mortality changes. Workshop on Health, Morbidity and Mortality: The State of the Art, Vienna (Austria), 02.09.2011.
- Wegner, C. & Flandorfer, P.: Methodological triangulation is applicable to health and mortality research in demography! Annual Conference of the British Society of Population Studies, York (U.K.), 09.09.2011.
- Wegner, C.: Altersdekomposition von Tempoeffekten in der Periodenmortalität [Age decomposition of tempo effects in period mortality], 15. Deutsch- Österreichisch- Schweizerisches Demographentreffen,, Oberhofen am Thunersee (Switzerland), 20.10.2011.
Poster Presentations
- Wegner, C. & Flandorfer, P.: The use of triangulation of qualitative and quantitative methods as applied on health and mortality research in demography, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington (USA), 31.03.2011. more