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Comments on “Human life is unlimited – but short” by H. Rootzén and D. Zholud

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Segers, Johan [UCL]

Rootzén and Zholud (2017) carry out an exceptionally careful analysis of the data recorded in the International Database on Longevity (IDL). As the authors illustrate, a naive approach, ignoring the intricacies of the sampling scheme, could easily lead to erroneous conclusions. They find that the data on supercentenarians do not contradict the hypothesis that at the highest ages, the force of mortality is constant.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2018
Language Anglais
Journal information "Extremes" - Vol. 21, no. 3, p. 387–390 (2018)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer Nature
issn 1386-1999
e-issn 1572-915X
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/LIDAM/ISBA - Institut de Statistique, Biostatistique et Sciences Actuarielles
Keywords Generalized Pareto distribution ; Longevity ; Uncertainty quantification
Links
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  4. Rootzén Holger, Zholud Dmitrii, Human life is unlimited – but short, 10.1007/s10687-017-0305-5
Bibliographic reference Segers, Johan. Comments on “Human life is unlimited – but short” by H. Rootzén and D. Zholud. In: Extremes, Vol. 21, no. 3, p. 387–390 (2018)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/197272