A comparison of models for dynamic life tables. Application to mortality data from the Valencia Region (Spain)

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-244

  Debon A ^a   Montes, F ^b   Sala, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic life tables; Forecasting mortality; Gompertz Makeham; Heligman Pollard; Lee Carter; Mortality projections; Mortality reduction factors

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SPAIN;

EID: 33747108523     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-006-9005-1     Document Type: Review

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