Human mortality at extreme age

We use a combination of extreme value statistics, survival analysis and computer-intensive methods to analyse the mortality of Italian and French semi-supercentenarians. After accounting for the effects of the sampling frame, extreme-value modelling leads to the conclusion that constant force of mor...

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Main Authors: Léo R. Belzile, Anthony C. Davison, Holger Rootzén, Dmitrii Zholud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-09-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.202097