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The deviant dynamics of death in heterogeneous populations.

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Vaupel, JW; Yashin, AI
Published in: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report
January 1, 1983

The members of most populations gradually die off or drop out: people die, machines wear out, residents move out, etc. In many such aging populations, some members are more likely to die than others. Standard analytical methods largely ignore this heterogeneity; the methods assume that all members of a population cohort at a given age face the same probability of death. This paper presents some mathematical methods for studying how the behavior over time of a heterogeneous cohort deviates from the behaviour of the individuals that make up the cohort. The methods yield some startling results: individuals age faster than cohorts, eliminating a cause of death can decrease life expectancy, a cohort can suffer a higher death rate than another cohort even though its members have lower death rates, and cohort death rates can be increasing even though its members' death rates are decreasing.-Authors

Duke Scholars

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International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report

Publication Date

January 1, 1983

Issue

RR-83-1

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Sciences Methods
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 4403 Demography
  • 1608 Sociology
  • 1603 Demography
 

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Vaupel, J. W., & Yashin, A. I. (1983). The deviant dynamics of death in heterogeneous populations. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report, (RR-83-1).
Vaupel, J. W., and A. I. Yashin. “The deviant dynamics of death in heterogeneous populations.International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report, no. RR-83-1 (January 1, 1983).
Vaupel JW, Yashin AI. The deviant dynamics of death in heterogeneous populations. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report. 1983 Jan 1;(RR-83-1).
Vaupel, J. W., and A. I. Yashin. “The deviant dynamics of death in heterogeneous populations.International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report, no. RR-83-1, Jan. 1983.
Vaupel JW, Yashin AI. The deviant dynamics of death in heterogeneous populations. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report. 1983 Jan 1;(RR-83-1).

Published In

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Report

Publication Date

January 1, 1983

Issue

RR-83-1

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Sciences Methods
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 4403 Demography
  • 1608 Sociology
  • 1603 Demography