The force of mortality by life lived is the force of increment by life left in stationary populations

Tim Riffe
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Tim Riffe: Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (University of the Basque Country)

Demographic Research, 2015, vol. 32, issue 29, 827-834

Abstract: Background: The age distribution and remaining lifespan distribution are identical in stationary populations. The life table survival function is proportional to the age distribution in stationary populations. Objective: We provide an alternative interpretation of the life table when viewed by remaining years of life. Conclusions: The functions describing the mortality of birth cohorts over age are identical to the functions describing the growth of death cohorts as time to death decreases in stationary populations.

Keywords: stationary population; age; mortality; fertility; formal demography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.29

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