Modeling and forecasting U.S. mortality

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 87, Issue 419, 1992, Pages 659-671

  Lee, Ronald D ^a   Carter, Lawrence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Forecast; Life expectancy; Mortality; Population; Projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950457501     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1992.10475265     Document Type: Article

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