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On the human survivorship function and life table construction
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Demography (1971) 8 (3): 331–334.
Published: 01 August 1971
... numerical results that are close to those obtained by other methods. DEMOGRAPHY Volume 8, Number 3 August 1971 ON THE HUMAN SURVIVORSHIP FUNCTION AND LIFE TABLE CONSTRUCTION Nader Fergany Department of Statistics, Cairo University, Gieza, U.A.R., and Department of Bio- statistics, University of North...
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Comment on N. Fergany’s “On the Human Survivorship Function and Life Table Construction”
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Demography (1972) 9 (3): 515.
Published: 01 August 1972
...Samarendranath Mitra 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1972 1972 Exponential Function General Formula Life Table Step Function Main Issue DEMOGRAPHY Volume 9, Number 3 August 1972 COMMENT ON N. FERGANY'S "ON THE HUMAN SURVIVORSHIP FUNCTION AND LIFE TABLE...
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The Genome-Wide Influence on Human BMI Depends on Physical Activity, Life Course, and Historical Period
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1651–1670.
Published: 29 August 2015
... genotypes), thus potentially missing genetic effects, environmental effects, or both effects entirely. The present analysis investigates whether human genome interacts with nongenetic factors (historical period, life course, and physical activity) to influence obesity. We use the term “genome” rather...
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Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: Report from a technical working group
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Demography (2004) 41 (3): 417–441.
Published: 01 August 2004
... of Longevity: Health and Health Care in Late Life (pp. 55 – 75 ). Newbury Park, CA : Sage . Waidmann T. , & Liu K. ( 2000 ). Disability Trends Among the Elderly and Implications for the Future . Journals of Gerontology , 55B , S298 – 307 . Wiener J.M. , Hanley R.J...
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Quantifying Intrinsic and Extrinsic Contributions to Human Longevity: Application of a Two-Process Vitality Model to the Human Mortality Database
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Demography (2016) 53 (6): 2105–2119.
Published: 11 November 2016
...David J. Sharrow; James J. Anderson Abstract The rise in human life expectancy has involved declines in intrinsic and extrinsic mortality processes associated, respectively, with senescence and environmental challenges. To better understand the factors driving this rise, we apply a two-process...
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How We Fall Apart: Similarities of Human Aging in 10 European Countries
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Demography (2018) 55 (1): 341–359.
Published: 22 January 2018
... and women as well as between countries. Interestingly, these differences follow a particular regularity (akin to the compensation effect of mortality) and suggest an age at which average health deficits converge for men and women and across countries. This age, which may be associated with human life span...
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The effects of kin on child mortality in rural gambia
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 43–63.
Published: 01 February 2002
... survival, but there was little difference in the mortality rates of children who were born to monogamous or polygynous fathers. The implications of these results for understanding the evolution of human life-history are discussed. 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2002 2002...
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Immigration, below-replacement fertility, and long-term national population trends
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Demography (1990) 27 (1): 121–129.
Published: 01 February 1990
... stationary within a time period not greater than the human life span. Thereafter, the number dying equals the number entering over any given time interval. The stationarity of the native population, among which deaths exceed births, is maintained by the compensating number of births to the immigrant...
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Published: 01 December 2024
Fig. 1 Time series of fertility and the three development variables. The semitransparent lines represent the data values for the states. The thick lines are the values of the indicator at the country level for the United States. TFR = total fertility rate. HLI = Human Life Indicator. HDI = Human
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New frontiers in demography and social psychology
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 90–97.
Published: 01 March 1967
... control over different demographic variables, madethestudy of individual decisions with demographic consequences important, and ledto joint efforts by demographers and social psychologists. INTRODUCTION The study of human life in its totality forms the background of the effort of a whole set of social...
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Published: 01 December 2024
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on the x -axis indicate the value of the turning point for the model. All turning points are accompanied by a 95% confidence interval, but smaller intervals are hidden behind the turning points. TFR = total fertility rate. HLI = Human Life Indicator. HDI = Human Development Index. LE = life expectancy
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Aging in the Context of Cohort Evolution and Mortality Selection
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1295–1317.
Published: 03 June 2014
.... ( 2006 ). Infection, inflammation, height, and longevity . Proceedings of National Academy of Science , 103 , 498 – 503 . 10.1073/pnas.0501470103 Finch , C. E. , & Crimmins , E. M. ( 2004 ). Inflammatory exposure and historical changes in human life-spans . Science , 305...
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What demographers can learn from fruit fly actuarial models and biology
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Demography (1997) 34 (1): 17–30.
Published: 01 February 1997
...James R. Carey Abstract Historically demographers have viewed the results of actuarial studies of nonhuman species, particularly those on invertebrates such as fruit flies, as largely irrelevant to investigations on human populations. In this paper I present life table data from large scale studies...
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Three dimensions of the survival curve: horizontalization, verticalization, and longevity extension
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 243–258.
Published: 01 May 2005
... of horizontalization increased relatively less than the degree of verticalization in Hong Kong from 1976 to 2001. After age normalization, the highest normal life durations moved closer to M, implying that the increase in human longevity is meeting some resistance. 15 2 2011 © Population Association...
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Life expectancy at age 65 for females in selected countries. Data are from ...
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in Estimating the Effect of Smoking on Slowdowns in Mortality Declines in Developed Countries
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Published: 26 April 2011
Fig. 1 Life expectancy at age 65 for females in selected countries. Data are from the Human Mortality Database ( 2009 )
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Age-specific components of differences between England and Wales and the Un...
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in Losses of Expected Lifetime in the United States and Other Developed Countries: Methods and Empirical Analyses
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Published: 26 February 2011
Fig. 6 Age-specific components of differences between England and Wales and the United States in life expectancy and in life expectancy losses in 2002. Data are from the authors’ calculations on data from the Human Mortality Database ( 2007 )
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A Quiescent Phase in Human Mortality? Exploring the Ages of Least Vulnerability
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Demography (2017) 54 (3): 1097–1118.
Published: 10 April 2017
..., and behavioral contexts may thus have an important role in determining the characteristics of the mortality hazard’s distinct phases. The Human Mortality Database (HMD 2015 ) contains detailed time series of mortality data and life tables for populations with virtually complete vital registration...
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Rectangularization revisited: Variability of age at death within human populations*
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Demography (1999) 36 (4): 475–495.
Published: 01 November 1999
...John R. Wilmoth; Shiro Horiuchi Abstract Rectangularization of human survival curves is associated with decreasing variability in the distribution of ages at death. This variability, as measured by the interquartile range of life table ages at death, has decreased from about 65 years to 15 years...
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Age-specific components of increases in life expectancy and decreases in li...
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in Losses of Expected Lifetime in the United States and Other Developed Countries: Methods and Empirical Analyses
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Published: 26 February 2011
Fig. 4 Age-specific components of increases in life expectancy and decreases in life expectancy losses between 1980 and 2002 in the United States (US) and England and Wales (E&W) Data are from authors’ calculations on data from the Human Mortality Database ( 2007 )
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