Can an improved environment cause maximum lifespan to decrease? Comments on lifespan criteria and longitudinal Gompertzian analysis

1994/03/01 by Henry R. Hirsch, H.R. Hirsch · 1 voice · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Global Health Care Issues #Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management #demographic modeling and climate adaptation

paper · doi:10.1016/0531-5565(94)90046-9

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Citations

• Comparison of the Gompertz and Weibull functions as descriptors for human mortality distributions and their intersections
• Mortality among the elderly in the U.S., 1956–1987: Demonstration of the upper boundary to Gompertzian mortality

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Discussions

• And even a mortality *rate* of 100 %/year does not mean everyone dies in the year (some have tried to define maximum lifespan in terms of 100 % mortality rate, which does not really work). doi.org/10. [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]