The law of invariant mortality

Mark Ya Azbel

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2002, vol. 310, issue 3, 501-508

Abstract: A concept of invariance is applied to mortality data. It predicts an exact law of invariant mortality. Consequences of this law are presented, and some are tested. The most intriguing consequence is that mortality might be predominantly related to a thermodynamic mechanism, and may be reversed, simultaneously for all ages, to its value at a much younger age.

Keywords: Exact law; Mortality transitions; Life span; Adaptation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)00735-5

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