Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013
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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013
ISSN 1728-4414
Print Edition ISSN 1728-5305 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-7625-1 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-7645-9 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2013
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013 2013, 349 Seiten, 24x17cm, broschiert € 40,–
Shiro Horiuchi,
Nadine Ouellette,
Siu Lan Karen Cheung,
Jean-Marie Robine
S. 37 - 69 doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2013s37 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract: This paper examines and demonstrates the importance of the adult modal age at death (M) in longevity research. Unlike life expectancy at birth (e0) and median age at death, M is determined solely by old-age mortality as far as mortality follows a bathtub curve. It represents the location of old-age death heap in the age distribution of deaths, and captures mortality shifts more accurately than conditional life expectancies such as e65. Although M may not be directly determined from erratic mortality data, a recently developed method for deriving M from the P-spline-smoothed mortality curve based on penalised Poisson likelihood is highly effective in estimating M. Patterns of trends and differentials in M can be noticeably different from those in other lifespan measures, as indicated in some examples. In addition, major mathematical models of adult mortality such as the Gompertz, logistic and Weibull models can be reformulated using M, which plays a critical role as the mortality level parameter in those models. Published Online: 2014/04/30 10:16:31 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x00307bb4 Rights: .
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