Figures

Figure 1:   Life expectancy at mode and standard deviation of length of life above mode. Female in 16 countries at various periods. Figure 2:   Age span of percentiles of deaths. Finland, Female. Figure 3:   Age span of Quartiles of Deaths, Female. Figure 4:   Compression of mortality, Female. Figure 5:   Shortest age interval for 90 percent of deaths. Female. Figure 6:   Distribution of deaths by age. IQR and C50. Sweden, Male, 1861-70 and 1991-95.

Measuring the Compression of Mortality Väinö Kannisto © 2000 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ISSN 1435-9871 http://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol3/6