Volume 24 - Article 34 | Pages 831–854
A Dynamic Extension of the Period Life Table
By Frank T. Denton, Byron G. Spencer
References
Bongaarts, J. (2005). Long-range trends in adult mortality: Models and projection methods. Demography 42(1): 23-49.
Bongaarts, J. (2009). Trends in senescent life expectancy. Population Studies 63(3): 203-213.
Brass, W. (1971). On the scale of mortality. In: Brass, W. (ed.). Biological Aspects of Demography. London: Taylor and Francis: 69-110.
Chiang, C.L. (1984). The life table and its applications. Malabar, Florida: R.E. Krieger Publishing Company.
Coale, A. (1963). Estimates of various demographic measures through the quasi-stable age distribution. In: Emerging techniques in population research: Proceedings of a round table at the 39th Annual Conference of the Milbank Memorial Fund, September 18-19, 1962. New York: Milbank Memorial Fund: 175-193.
Coale, A. and Demeny, P. (1967). Methods of estimating basic demographic measures from incomplete data, manuals on methods of estimating population, manual 4. New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Coale, A. and Demeny, P. (1966). Regional model life tables and stable populations. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Denton, F.T., Feaver, C.H., and Spencer, B.G. (2005). Time series analysis and stochastic forecasting: An econometric study of mortality and life expectancy. Journal of Population Economics 18(2): 203-227.
Denton, F.T. and Spencer, B.G. (1974). Some demographic consequences of changing cohort fertility patterns: An investigation using the Gompertz function. Population Studies 28(2): 309-318.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics (now Statistics Canada) (1960). Canadian life tables 1950-52 - 1955-57. Ottawa (Catalogue 84-510).
Gompertz, B. (1825). On the nature of the function expressive of the law of mortality, and on a new mode of determining the value of life contingencies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 115(24): 513-585.
Keilman, N. (2008). European demographic forecasts have not become more accurate over the past 25 years. Population and Development Review 34(1): 137-153.
Keyfitz, N. (1977). Applied mathematical demography. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Keyfitz, N. (1982). Choice of function for mortality analysis: Effective forecasting depends on a minimum parameter representation. Theoretical Population Biology 21(3): 329-352.
Keyfitz, N. (1968). Introduction to the mathematics of population. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Keyfitz, N. (1972). On future population. Journal of the American Statistical Association 67(338): 347-387.
Keyfitz, N. and Caswell, H. (2005). Applied mathematical demography, 3rd edition. New York: Springer.
Kintner, H.J. (2004). The Life Table. In: Siegel, J.S. and Swanson, D.A. (eds.). The methods and materials of demography, 2nd edition. San Diego: Elsevier, Academic Press: 301-340.
Ledermann, S. (1969). Nouvelles tables-type de mortalité: Travaux et document. Paris: Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques.
Lee, R. and Tuljapurkar, S. (1994). Stochastic population forecasts for the United States: Beyond high, medium, and low. Journal of the American Statistical Association 89(428): 1175-1189.
Lee, R.D. and Carter, L.R. (1992). Modeling and forecasting U.S. mortality. Journal of the American Statistical Association 87(419): 659-671.
Makeham, W. (1860). On the law of mortality and the construction of annuity tables. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries 13: 325-358.
Murray, C.J.L., Ferguson, B.D., Lopez, A.D., Guillot, M., Salomon, J.A., and Ahmad, O. (2001). Modified logit life table system: Principles, empirical validation and application. World Health Organization (GPE Discussion Paper; 39).
Oeppen, J. and Vaupel, J.W. (2002). Broken limits to life expectancy. Science 296(5570): 1029-1031.
Statistics Canada (1979). Life tables, Canada and provinces 1975-77. Ottawa (Catalogue 84-532).
Statistics Canada (1995). Life tables, Canada and provinces 1990-1992. Ottawa (Catalogue 84-537).
Statistics Canada (2006). Life tables, Canada, provinces and territories 2000 to 2002. Ottawa (Catalogue 84-537-XIE).
Suchindran, C.M. (2004). Model life tables. In: Siegel, J.S. and Swanson, D.A. (eds.). The methods and materials of demography, 2nd edition. San Diego: Elsevier, Academic Press: 662-675.
Tuljapurkar, S., Li, N., and Boe, C. (2000). A universal pattern of mortality decline in the G7 countries. Nature 405(15 June 2000): 789-792.
United Nations (1982). Model life tables for developing countries. New York: United Nations (Population Studies No. 77. Sales No. E.81.XIII.7).