Measuring the compression of mortality
Compression of mortality is measured here in four ways: (1) by standard deviation of the age at death above the mode; (2) by standard deviation of the age at death in the highest quartile; (3) by the inter-quartile range; and (4) by the shortest age interval in which a given proportion of deaths tak...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2000-09-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol3/6/ |