The force of mortality by life lived is the force of increment by life left in stationary populations

BACKGROUND: The age distribution and remaining lifespan distribution are identical in stationary populations. The life table survival function is proportional to the age distribution in stationary populations. OBJECTIVE: We provide an alternative interpretation of the life table when viewed by remai...

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Autor principal: Riffe, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26167131
http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.29
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The age distribution and remaining lifespan distribution are identical in stationary populations. The life table survival function is proportional to the age distribution in stationary populations. OBJECTIVE: We provide an alternative interpretation of the life table when viewed by remaining years of life. CONCLUSIONS: The functions describing the mortality of birth cohorts over age are identical to the functions describing the growth of death cohorts as time to death decreases in stationary populations.

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