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Visualizing Mortality Dynamics in the Lexis Diagram

This book visualizes mortality dynamics in the Lexis diagram. While the standard approach of plotting death rates is also covered, the focus in this book is on the depiction of rates of mortality improvement over age and time. This rather novel approach offers a more intuitive understanding of the u...

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Main Authors: Rau, Roland (Author), Bohk-Ewald, Christina (Author), Muszyńska, Magdalena M. (Author), Vaupel, James W. (Author)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Series:The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 44
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Public health.
Statistics.
Demography.
Social Sciences.
Public Health.
Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.
Acceso en liña:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64820-0
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Table of Contents:
  • 1: Introduction: Why do we visualize data and what is this book about?
  • 2: The Lexis Diagram
  • 3: Data and Software
  • 4: Surface Plots of Observed Death Rates
  • 5: Surface Plots of Smoothed Mortality Data
  • 6: Surface Plots of Rates of Mortality Improvement
  • 7: Surface Plots for Causes of Death
  • 8: Surface Plots of Age-specific Contributions to the Increase in Life Expectancy
  • 9: Seasonality of Causes of Death
  • 10: Surface Plots for Cancer Survival
  • 11: Summary and Outlook
  • Bibliography
  • References
  • Additional Figures.  .

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