Debón, Ana, Montes, Francisco, and Sala, Ramón. "A comparison of parametric models for mortality graduation. Application to mortality data for the Valencia Region (Spain).." SORT 29.2 (2005): 269-288. <http://eudml.org/doc/40477>.
@article{Debón2005,
abstract = {The parametric graduation of mortality data has as its objective the satisfactory estimation of the death rates based on mortality data but using an age-dependent function whose parameters are adjusted from the crude rates obtainable directly from the data. This paper proposes a revision of the most commonly used parametric models and compares the result obtained with each of them when they are applied to the mortality data for the Valencia Region. As a result of the comparison, we conclude that the Gompertz-Makeham functions estimated by means of generalized linear models lead to the best results. Our working method is of additional interest for being applicable to mortality data for a wide range of ages from any geographical conditions, allowing us to select the most appropriate life table for the case in hand.},
author = {Debón, Ana, Montes, Francisco, Sala, Ramón},
journal = {SORT},
keywords = {Análisis bayesiano; Dinámica de poblaciones; Graduación paramétrica; Estadística actuarial; Gompertz-Makeham functions; Heligman and Pollard's laws; parametric graduation},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
pages = {269-288},
title = {A comparison of parametric models for mortality graduation. Application to mortality data for the Valencia Region (Spain).},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/40477},
volume = {29},
year = {2005},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Debón, Ana
AU - Montes, Francisco
AU - Sala, Ramón
TI - A comparison of parametric models for mortality graduation. Application to mortality data for the Valencia Region (Spain).
JO - SORT
PY - 2005
VL - 29
IS - 2
SP - 269
EP - 288
AB - The parametric graduation of mortality data has as its objective the satisfactory estimation of the death rates based on mortality data but using an age-dependent function whose parameters are adjusted from the crude rates obtainable directly from the data. This paper proposes a revision of the most commonly used parametric models and compares the result obtained with each of them when they are applied to the mortality data for the Valencia Region. As a result of the comparison, we conclude that the Gompertz-Makeham functions estimated by means of generalized linear models lead to the best results. Our working method is of additional interest for being applicable to mortality data for a wide range of ages from any geographical conditions, allowing us to select the most appropriate life table for the case in hand.
LA - eng
KW - Análisis bayesiano; Dinámica de poblaciones; Graduación paramétrica; Estadística actuarial; Gompertz-Makeham functions; Heligman and Pollard's laws; parametric graduation
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/40477
ER -
