Volume 20 - Article 29 | Pages 721–730
The age separating early deaths from late deaths
| Date received: | 12 Feb 2009 |
| Date published: | 18 Jun 2009 |
| Word count: | 1595 |
| Keywords: | life disparity, mortality |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.29 |
| Weblink: | All publications in the ongoing Special Collection 8 "Formal Relationships" can be found at http://www.demographic-research.org/special/8/ |
Abstract
There is a unique threshold age separating early deaths from late deaths such that averting an early death decreases life disparity, but averting a late death increases inequality in lifespans.
Author's Affiliation
Zhen Zhang - Fudan University, China
James Vaupel - Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
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