Essays about: "Central death rate"

Found 3 essays containing the words Central death rate.

  1. 1. Comparison of mortality rate forecasting using the Second Order Lee–Carter method with different mortality models

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Hisham Sulemana; [2019]
    Keywords : Mortality rate; Power-exponential function based model; Modified Perks model; Heligman and Pollard HP4 model; Model fitting; Forecasting; Central death rate; Second order Lee–Carter method; Mortality indices; Comparison.;

    Abstract : Mortality information is very important for national planning and health of a country. Mortality rate forecasting is a basic contribution for the projection of financial improvement of pension plans, well-being and social strategy planning. READ MORE

  3. 2. Disentangling risk in a multi-predator landscape : roe deer respond to differing patterns of risk to lynx, wolves and humans through shifts in their habitat selection

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Andrew Lewis; [2015]
    Keywords : Canis lupus; Capreolus capreolus; indirect effects; landscape of fear; Lynx lynx; multi-predator systems; predation risk; Scandinavia; spatial risk patterns; ungulates;

    Abstract : Predation risk is known to evoke behavioural responses in prey animals, and prey are often faced with a trade-off between lowering their risk to predation and acquiring resources. This situation becomes more complex in a multi-predator landscape, especially if those predators employ different hunting strategies, and induce different spatial patterns of risk. READ MORE

  4. 3. Alcoholics and workaholics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ferenc Ajus; [2010]
    Keywords : unemployment; psychosocial stress; sex mortality differences; gender; mortality; crisis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : From the recent mortality trends in Central and Eastern Europe, it is clear that in the former socialist countries the economic transition had a different effect on male and female mortality: premature death became much more frequent among males, and the gender mortality gap increased as a result. The psycho-social stress hypothesis (Cornia and Paniccia, 2001) explains the Eastern European experience, suggesting that an increase in the gender gap may be a sign of economic and social crisis, as male mortality sometimes reacts to economic uncertainties more strongly. READ MORE