The choice among past trends as a basis for the prediction of future trends in old-age mortality

Population Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-326

  Janssen, Fanny ^a,b   Kunst, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Europe; Life expectancy; Mortality; Projection

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY POPULATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 35848963420     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720701571632     Document Type: Article

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