Mortality Projections for Small Populations: An Application to the Maltese Elderly

In small populations, mortality rates are characterized by a great volatility, the datasets are often available for a few years and suffer from missing data. Therefore, standard mortality models may produce high uncertain and biologically improbable projections. In this paper, we deal with the morta...

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Main Authors: Massimiliano Menzietti, Maria Francesca Morabito, Manuela Stranges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Risks
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/7/2/35