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Mortality Table Construction

Mortality Table Construction is a methodological framework in actuarial science that systematizes the estimation and derivation of age-specific mortality rates from empirical demographic data to produce a statistical table representing the probability of death within a defined population cohort.

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166

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70

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2017–2026

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99

The age pattern of mortality

Larry Heligman, J. H. Pollard · Journal of the Institute of Actuaries · 1980 · 585 citations

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On the Law of Mortality and the Construction of Annuity Tables

William Matthew Makeham · The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries · 1860 · 475 citations · Full text

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The Life Table and Its Applications.

L. Moreno-Navarro, Chin Long Chiang · Biometrics · 1985 · 448 citations

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The Life Table and Its Applications.

­Michael A. Stoto, Chin Long Chiang · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1985 · 387 citations

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United States Life Tables, 2023

Elizabeth Arias, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth Kochanek · 2025 · 233 citations · Full text

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Authors

166

  1. AD
    A. D. Wilkie

    Society of Actuaries, United States

    4 publications · 279 citations

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  2. SJ
    Stephen J. Richards

    Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 45 citations

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  3. DO
    David O. Forfar

    Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 227 citations

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  4. JJ
    J. J. McCutcheon

    3 publications · 227 citations

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  5. MM
    Margaret Merrell

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    3 publications · 97 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    231 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    89 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    134 citations

  4. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  5. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  6. City, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    109 citations

  7. Texas Biomedical Research Institute

    San Antonio, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  8. Universitat de València

    Valencia, Spain

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    78 citations

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  1. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries

    JIA · 12 publications · 1K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 9 publications · 444 citations

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  3. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal

    3 publications · 47 citations

    3

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  4. Mathematical Population Studies

    3 publications · 60 citations

    3

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  5. American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health

    JPH · 3 publications · 119 citations

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