Volume 24 - Article 34 | Pages 831-854
A Dynamic Extension of the Period Life Table
| Date received: | 04 Nov 2010 |
| Date published: | 28 Jun 2011 |
| Word count: | 3076 |
| Keywords: | dynamic extension, life expectancy, period life expectancy |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.34 |
Abstract
The standard period life table is based entirely on the death probabilities of the given period. Popular (not expert) usage of life expectancies from a period table typically ignores the fact that the expectancies make no allowance for future declines in mortality rates. But the historical record provides overwhelming evidence to suggest that declines will continue, and the period expectancies can therefore be misleading, in a practical context. We propose a “dynamic” extension of the period table that draws out the implications, for survivorship and life expectancy, of observed rates of change of death probabilities.
Author's Affiliation
Frank T Denton - McMaster University, Canada
Byron G Spencer - McMaster University, Canada
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