Visualizing Mortality Dynamics in the Lexis Diagram

The goal of this book is simple: We would like to show how mortality dynamics can be visualized in the so-called Lexis diagram. To appeal to as many potential readers as possible, we do not require any specialist knowledge. This approach may be disappointing: Demographers may have liked more informa...

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Main Author: Rau, Roland (auth)
Other Authors: Bohk-Ewald, Christina (auth), Muszyńska, Magdalena M. (auth), Vaupel, James W. (auth), Land, Kenneth (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2018
Series:The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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Summary:The goal of this book is simple: We would like to show how mortality dynamics can be visualized in the so-called Lexis diagram. To appeal to as many potential readers as possible, we do not require any specialist knowledge. This approach may be disappointing: Demographers may have liked more information about the mathematical underpinnings of population dynamics on the Lexis surface as demonstrated, for instance, by Arthur and Vaupel in 1984. Statisticians would have probably preferred more information about the underlying smoothing methods that were used. Epidemiologists likewise might miss discussions about the etiology of diseases. Sociologists would have probably expected that our results were more embedded into theoretical frameworks....
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (175 p.)
ISBN:978-3-319-64820-0
9783319648200
Access:Open Access