Methods for time series modeling of mortality and stochastic forecasting of life expectancies are explored, using … Canadian data. Consideration is given first to alternative indexes of aggregate mortality. Age-sex group system models are then …

, (3) mental health indicators, (4) BMI, (5) the presence of serious long-term health conditions, and (6) mortality. We …

There is still much uncertainty about the impact of income inequality on health and mortality. Some studies have … is that there are many factors that may affect both income inequality and individual mortality but that cannot be … similar models without such dummies. The focus was on mortality in men and women aged 30-79 in the years 1980-2002, and the …

The impact of SES on mortality is an established fact. I examine if this impact decreases with increasing age. Most … research finds that it does so but it is unknown whether this decrease is due to mortality selection. The data I use come from … mortality rates. My results show that socioeconomic mortality differences are stable across ages whereas they clearly decline …

income is high. Furthermore, the model can account for the decline in fertility when the risk of infant and child mortality …

This paper analyzes the relationship between age-specific fertility, mortality and real wages in Sweden during the …