Mortality tempo versus removal of causes of mortality: Opposite views leading to different estimations of life expectancy

Demographic Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 615-640

  Le Bras, Hervé ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Causes of mortality; Cross sectional life table; Dictitious life table; Life tables; Mortality tempo; Multiple decrement life table; Reference life table

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944437125     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2005.13.25     Document Type: Article

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