Mixed estimation of old-age mortality

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-330

  Alho, Juha M ^a   Nyblom, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Expert judgment; Generalized linear models; Life tables; Logistic regression; Mortality crossover; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; FINLAND; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; AGED; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FINLAND; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA; SEX FACTORS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FINLAND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SCANDINAVIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031309365     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898489709525440     Document Type: Article

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