The compression of deaths above the mode

Kannisto (2001) has shown that as the frequency distribution of ages at death has shifted to the right, the age distribution of deaths above the modal age has become more compressed. In order to further investigate this old-age mortality compression, we adopt the simple logistic model with two param...

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Main Authors: Jean-Marie Robine, Shiro Horiuchi, Siu Lan Karen Cheung, A. Roger Thatcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2010-03-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/17/