The curse of the plateau. Measuring confidence in human mortality estimates at extreme ages

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2022.01.002OpenAlexW4210462898MaRDI QIDQ2079466

Carlo Giovanni Camarda

Publication date: 30 September 2022

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2022.01.002

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintylikelihood ratio testsurvival analysissimulationsGompertz modelsmooth hazard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biology and other natural sciences (92-XX)

Uses Software

• R
• gamair
• Human Mortality

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