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The impact of the choice of life table statistics when forecasting mortality

Demographic Research, 2019
Background: Different ways to forecast mortality have been suggested, with many forecasting models based on the extrapolation of age-specific death rates.
Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher, Søren Kjærgaard, James E. Oeppen, James W. Vaupel   +3 more
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Modelling and forecasting mortality in Spain

European Journal of Operational Research, 2008
[EN] Experience shows that static life tables overestimate death probabilities. As a consequence of this overestimation the premiums for annuities, pensions and life insurance are not what they actually should be, with negative effects for insurance companies or policy-holders.
Ana Debón, Francisco Montes, Francisco Puig   +2 more
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Modeling and forecasting sex differences in mortality: a sex-ratio approach

Genus, 2018
Female and male life expectancies have converged in most industrialized societies in recent decades. To achieve coherent forecasts between females and males, this convergence needs to be considered when forecasting sex-specific mortality.
Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher, Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Marius Pascariu, Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen   +3 more
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Tuberculosis in the Russian Federation: Prognosis and Epidemiological Models in a Situation After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023
Aim Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many support programs for tuberculosis (TB) patients have been discontinued and TB mass screening activities decreased worldwide, resulting in a decrease in new case detection and an increase in TB deaths (WHO, WHO ...
Anna Starshinova, Ekaterina Belyaeva, Natalia Doktorova, Ilya Korotkevich, Dmitry Kudlay   +4 more
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Infant Mortality and Inflation in China: Based on the Mixed Frequency VAR Analyses

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Reducing neonatal mortality is an important goal in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and with the outbreak of the new crown epidemic and severe global inflation, it is extremely important to explore the relationship between inflation and infant ...
Wei Jiang, Xin-yi Liu
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Quasi-Simpson paradox in estimating the expected mortality rate from the SARS-CoV-2

Science Progress, 2021
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared SARS-CoV-2 a global pandemic, based on a high infection rate and a high case fatality rate (CFR).
Yair Y Shaki
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Comparing strategies for matching mortality forecasts to the most recently observed data: exploring the trade-off between accuracy and robustness

Genus, 2018
Background Given the increased link between retirement age and payments to the development in life expectancy, a precise and regular forecast of life expectancy is of utmost importance. The choice of the jump-off rates, i.e. the rates in the last year of
Lenny Stoeldraijer, Coen van Duin, Leo van Wissen, Fanny Janssen   +3 more
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A multi-country comparison of stochastic models of breast cancer mortality with P-splines smoothing approach

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background Precise predictions of incidence and mortality rates due to breast cancer (BC) are required for planning of public health programs as well as for clinical services.
Sumaira Mubarik, Ying Hu, Chuanhua Yu
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A Comparative Analysis of the Forecasted Mortality Rate under Normal Conditions and the COVID-19 Excess Mortality Rate in Malaysia

Journal of Mathematics, 2022
SARS-CoV-2, known as COVID-19, has affected the entire world, resulting in an unexpected death rate as compared to the death probability before the pandemic.
Robiaatul Adawiah Edrus, Zailan Siri, Mohd Azmi Haron, Muhammad Aslam Mohd Safari, Mohammed K. A. Kaabar   +4 more
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An autopsy study of maternal mortality in Mozambique: the contribution of infectious diseases. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is a major health problem concentrated in resource-poor regions. Accurate data on its causes using rigorous methods is lacking, but is essential to guide policy-makers and health professionals to reduce this intolerable ...
Llorenç Quintó, Bardaji Azucena, Naniche Denise, Jaume Ordi, Quintó Llorenç, Alonso Pedro L, Carlota Dobaño, Quintó, Llorenç, Dobaño, Carlota, Clara Menéndez, Azucena Bardaji, Saute Francisco, Dobaño Carlota, Ordi, Jaume, Francisco Saute, Machungo Fernanda, Ismail, Mamudo R, Mamudo R Ismail, Alfredo Mayor, Carrilho Carla, Osman Nafissa, Menéndez, Clara, Pedro L Alonso, Mayor Alfredo, Saute, Francisco, Menéndez Clara, Ordi Jaume, Fernanda Machungo, Romagosa, Cleofé, Ismail Mamudo R, Carrilho, Carla, Machungo, Fernanda, Nafissa Osman, Cleofé Romagosa, Carla Carrilho, Osman, Nafissa, Denise Naniche, Naniche, Denise, Bardaji, Azucena, Alonso, Pedro L, Mayor, Alfredo, Romagosa Cleofé   +41 more
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