Decomposing Change in Life Expectancy: A Bouquet of Formulas in Honor of Nathan Keyfitz's 90th Birthday.

We extend Nathan Keyfitz's research on continuous change in life expectancy over time by presenting and proving a new formula for decomposing such change. The formula separates change in life expectancy over time into two terms. The first term captures the general effect of reduction in death rates...

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Published in:	Demography Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 201 - 217
Main Authors:	Vaupel, James W., Romo, Vladimir Canudas
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. May 2003
Subjects:	Mathematical models of life expectancy Demography methodology Mortality Sweden Japan
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost