In this paper, I examine progress in the field of mortality over the past 25 years. I argue that
we have been most successful in taking advantage of an increasingly data-rich environment …

Women live longer than men and the absolute difference between male and female mortality
risk reaches its maximum at old ages. We decomposed the sex gap in life expectancy and …

Recent studies have shown that there are some advantages to forecasting mortality with
indicators other than age-specific death rates. The mean, median, and modal ages at death …

Indicators based a fixed “old” age threshold have been widely used for assessing
socioeconomic disparities in mortality at older ages. Interpretation of long-term trends and …

Recent studies have shown that there are some advantages in forecasting mortality with
other indicators than death rates. In particular, the age-at-death distribution provides readily …

In a paper published in 2010, Gill and colleagues identified five end-of-life disability
trajectories among American individuals who died after age 70, opposing people who had …

The US elderly experience shorter lifespans and greater variability in age at death than their
Canadian peers. In order to gain insight on the underlying factors responsible for the …

Moral economy theory describes shared social norms and moral assumptions underlying
forms of economic organization and production. It also describes individuals' perceptions of …

Modelling of critical illness survival data, being primary developed in the context of, eg
health insurance contracts, also plays an important role in the currently analysed problems …

Humanity's quest for immortality has necessitated the struggle for longevity. The way to live
better and longer is health. At this point, sports emerge as a tool for a healthy and long life …