Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005
This paper aims to examine changes in common longevity and variability of the adult life span, and attempts to answer whether or not the compression of mortality continues in Switzerland in the years 1876-2005. The results show that the negative relationships between the large increase in the adult...
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| author | Siu Lan Karen Cheung Jean-Marie Robine Fred Paccaud Alfio Marazzi |
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| description | This paper aims to examine changes in common longevity and variability of the adult life span, and attempts to answer whether or not the compression of mortality continues in Switzerland in the years 1876-2005. The results show that the negative relationships between the large increase in the adult modal age at death, observed at least from the 1920s, and the decrease in the standard deviation of the ages at deaths occurring above it, illustrate a significant compression of adult mortality. Typical adult longevity increased by about 10Š during the last fifty years in Switzerland, and adult heterogeneity in the age at death decreased in the same proportion. This analysis has not found any evidence suggesting that we are approaching longevity limits in term of modal or even maximum life spans. It ascertains a slowdown in the reduction of adult heterogeneity in longevity, already observed in Japan and other low mortality countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e2c8dcec29846d7bf6dadbe4e8015b82022-12-21T20:55:46ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712009-10-012119Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005Siu Lan Karen CheungJean-Marie RobineFred PaccaudAlfio MarazziThis paper aims to examine changes in common longevity and variability of the adult life span, and attempts to answer whether or not the compression of mortality continues in Switzerland in the years 1876-2005. The results show that the negative relationships between the large increase in the adult modal age at death, observed at least from the 1920s, and the decrease in the standard deviation of the ages at deaths occurring above it, illustrate a significant compression of adult mortality. Typical adult longevity increased by about 10Š during the last fifty years in Switzerland, and adult heterogeneity in the age at death decreased in the same proportion. This analysis has not found any evidence suggesting that we are approaching longevity limits in term of modal or even maximum life spans. It ascertains a slowdown in the reduction of adult heterogeneity in longevity, already observed in Japan and other low mortality countries.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/19/compression of mortalitytypical longevityvariability of adult life span |
| spellingShingle | Siu Lan Karen Cheung Jean-Marie Robine Fred Paccaud Alfio Marazzi Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005 Demographic Research compression of mortality typical longevity variability of adult life span |
| title | Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005 |
| title_full | Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005 |
| title_fullStr | Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005 |
| title_short | Dissecting the compression of mortality in Switzerland, 1876-2005 |
| title_sort | dissecting the compression of mortality in switzerland 1876 2005 |
| topic | compression of mortality typical longevity variability of adult life span |
| url | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/19/ |
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