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The modal age at death and the shifting mortality hypothesis

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The modal age at death is used to study the shifting mortality scenario experienced by low mortality countries. The relations of the life table functions at the modal age are analyzed using mortality models. In the models the modal age increases over t

Source: Demographic Research

DOI: 10.4054/demres.2008.19.30

Author: Vladimir Canudas-Romo

Institution: Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Institute on Aging

OpenAlex ID: W2051517631