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The Changing Shape of English Life Tables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2014

D. O. Forfar  and
D. M. Smith
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Extract

1. In a paper to the Institute of Actuaries (JIA 107, p. 49) Heligman and Pollard fitted certain mathematical curves to Australian national mortality. They showed that a good fit could be obtained throughout the whole of life with the following curve:

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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries , Volume 40 , 1985 , pp. 98 - 134
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1985

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References

Heligman, L. and Pollard, J. H.The age pattern of mortality. J.I.A., 107, p. 49.Google Scholar
Benjamin, B. and Pollard, J. H.The analysis of mortality and other actuarial statistics. Heinemann, London.Google Scholar