Visualizing Mortality Dynamics in the Lexis Diagram - Softcover

Land, Kenneth; W Vaupel, James; Rau, Roland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1013269020 ISBN 13: 9781013269028

Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press, 2020

Synopsis

The goal of this book is simple: We would like to show how mortality dynamics can be visualized in the so-called Lexis diagram. To appeal to as many potential readers as possible, we do not require any specialist knowledge. This approach may be disappointing: Demographers may have liked more information about the mathematical underpinnings of population dynamics on the Lexis surface as demonstrated, for instance, by Arthur and Vaupel in 1984. Statisticians would have probably preferred more information about the underlying smoothing methods that were used. Epidemiologists likewise might miss discussions about the etiology of diseases. Sociologists would have probably expected that our results were more embedded into theoretical frameworks...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1013269020
• ISBN 13: 9781013269028
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176