Bias in graduated life table functions

J. H. Pollard

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Bias in graduated life table functions

J. H. Pollard^*

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Department of Applied Finance

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Abstract

Survival proportions and expectations of life estimated directly from observed crude mortality rates are usually unbiased. Estimates of survival proportions and expectations of life obtained from graduated mortality rates at individual ages tend to be positively biased, although the actual bias is small for reasonably large experiences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-135
Number of pages	5
Journal	Demography
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2061084
Publication status	Published - Feb 1979

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