Sex Differences in Middle Mortality

Oliver Wisser

doi:10.18453/rosdok_id00001606

Oliver Wisser

Sex Differences in Middle Mortality

Universität Rostock, 2015

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00001606

Abstract: This work presents a new mathematical expression for middle and old age mortality as an alternative to the classic Gompertz-Makeham model. Whereas old age mortality is driven by biological aging, middle mortality is mainly caused by behavior. To test the model, sex differences in life expectancy and mortality in Europe from the mid-nineteenth century until recent periods are investigated. The here presented mortality model shows that the female advantage in life expectancy and its dynamics are mainly caused by male risky life style.

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Titel:

Sex Differences in Middle Mortality

Beteiligte Personen:

Oliver Wisser[VerfasserIn]
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Roland Rau , Prof. Dr.[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
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	Universität Rostock, Wirtschaft- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Soziologie und Demographie
James W. Vaupel , Prof. Dr.[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
	University of Southern Denmark/ Duke University, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography/Danish Aging Research Center/Center on the Demography of Aging

Beteiligte Körperschaften:

Universität Rostock, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät[Grad-verleihende Institution]
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Zusammenfassung:

This work presents a new mathematical expression for middle and old age mortality as an alternative to the classic Gompertz-Makeham model. Whereas old age mortality is driven by biological aging, middle mortality is mainly caused by behavior. To test the model, sex differences in life expectancy and mortality in Europe from the mid-nineteenth century until recent periods are investigated. The here presented mortality model shows that the female advantage in life expectancy and its dynamics are mainly caused by male risky life style. [Englisch]

Dokumenttyp:

Dissertation

Einrichtung:

Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Sprache:

Englisch

Sachgruppe der DNB:

310 Statistik

300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Veröffentlichung /
Entstehung:

Rostock: Universität Rostock

2015