Analysis of Mortality: The Life Table and Survival

Gordon A. Carmichael
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Gordon A. Carmichael: Australian National University, School of Demography

Chapter Chapter 4 in Fundamentals of Demographic Analysis: Concepts, Measures and Methods, 2016, pp 129-211 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In earlier chapters we have played around a bit with the crude death rate (CDR). We have seen that, while it is the most readily available measure of mortality, true to its name it is crude, to the point of being at times extremely misleading. Indeed, other than as a component of population growth, it is a measure to be avoided.

Keywords: Life Table; Infant Death; Separation Factor; Survival Ratio; Model Life Table (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23255-3_4

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