Decomposing mortality improvement rates into cause-specific contributions

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September 2023

Authors:

Frank van Berkum of the Research Centre for Longevity Risk and the Actuarial Sciences and Mathematical Finance Research Group at the University of Amsterdam; member of the CSO (the committee for mortality research of the Royal Dutch Actuarial Association).

Torsten Kleinow of the Research Centre for Longevity Risk and the Actuarial Sciences and Mathematical Finance Research Group at the University of Amsterdam, Director of the RCLR

Abstract:

We measure changes in mortality using the commonly applied improvement rate and present a simple and intuitive method to identify cause-specific contributions. In that way, we can attribute observed mortality improvements to specific causes of death.

Keywords:

Mortality by Cause of Death

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