Lifesaving, lifetimes and lifetables
Mortality change roils period rates. In the short term, conventional calculations of age-specific probabilities of death and life expectancy in the period immediately after the change depend on how many lives have been saved. In the long term, the probabilities and period life expectancy also depend...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol13/24/ |