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| Rectangularization of the survival curve in the Netherlands, 1950-1992 | | Author(s) | Wilma J Nusselder, Johan P Mackenbach |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 36, no 6, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 773-782 |
| Keywords | Longevity ; Life expectancy tables ; Statistics ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Rectangularisation is defined as a trend toward a more 'rectangular' shape of the survival curve, due to increased survival and concentration of deaths around the mean age of death. Using mortality and population data for the Netherlands, measures in the variability in the age at death were analysed, based on Keyfitz' H and the standard deviation, both life table based. The implications of recent rectangularisation at older ages for achieving compression of morbidity are discussed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970701011 A |
| Classmark | BGA: S7: 3Y: 76H |
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