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VOLUME 20 - ARTICLE 3
PAGES 7 - 10
Date Received: 8 Dec 2008
Date Published: 20 Jan 2009

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/3/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.3
   
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Abstract

In a stationary population, age composition and the distribution of remaining lifespans are identical. This equivalence can be used to estimate age structure if information is available on time to death.

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James W. Vaupel
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany

Keywords
age composition, age estimation, remaining lifespan

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