| Title |
A set of indicators for decomposing the secular increase of life expectancy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Population Health Metrics, June 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-7954-8-18 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Valentin Rousson, Fred Paccaud |
| Abstract |
The ongoing increase in life expectancy in developed countries is associated with changes in the shape of the survival curve. These changes can be characterized by two main, distinct components: (i) the decline in premature mortality, i.e., the concentration of deaths around some high value of the mean age at death, also termed rectangularization of the survival curve; and (ii) the increase of this mean age at death, i.e., longevity, which directly reflects the reduction of mortality at advanced ages. Several recent observations suggest that both mechanisms are simultaneously taking place. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 20 | 83% |
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| Researcher | 7 | 29% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 13% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 50% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 8% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 4% |
| Psychology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 13% |
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