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Forecasting Mortality in Developed Countries Insights from a Statistical, Demographic and Epidemiological Perspective /

Information on future mortality trends is essential for population forecasts, public health policy, actuarial studies, and many other purposes. Realising the importance of such needs, this volume contains contributions to the theory and practice of forecasting mortality in the relatively favourable...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tabeau, Ewa. (Editor), Berg Jeths, Anneke van den. (Editor), Heathcote, Christopher. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
Series:European Studies of Population, 9
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Business.
Management science.
Public health.
Epidemiology.
Population.
Demography.
Social Sciences.
Population Economics.
Public Health.
Business and Management, general.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • A Review of Demographic Forecasting Models for Mortality
  • A Review of Epidemiological Approaches to Forecasting Mortality and Morbidity
  • Theoretical Perspectives on Forecasting Mortality
  • A Regression Model of Mortality, with Application to the Netherlands
  • Forecasting Mortality from Regression Models: The Case of the Netherlands
  • Gompertz in Context: The Gompertz and Related Distributions
  • Comparing Theoretical Age Patterns of Mortality Beyond the Age of 80
  • From Theory to Practice
  • Predicting Mortality from Period, Cohort or Cause-specific Trends: A Study of Four European Countries
  • Incorporating Risk Factor Epidemiology in Mortality Projections
  • Projecting Mortality in Population Forecasts in the Netherlands
  • The Latest Mortality Forecasts in the European Union
  • Issues for the Future: More Consistency and Transparency
  • Mortality Models Incorporating Theoretical Concepts of Ageing
  • Towards an Integration of the Statistical, Demographic and Epidemiological Perspectives in Forecasting Mortality.

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