Smoothing mortality data: the  English Life Tables , 2010–2012 | Zendy

Dodd Erengul | Zendy; Forster Jonathan J. | Zendy; Bijak Jakub | Zendy; Smith Peter W. F. | Zendy

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Smoothing mortality data: the English Life Tables , 2010–2012

Author(s) -

Dodd Erengul,

Forster Jonathan J.,

Bijak Jakub,

Smith Peter W. F.

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103

H-Index - 84

eISSN - 1467-985X

pISSN - 0964-1998

DOI - 10.1111/rssa.12309

Subject(s) - bayesian probability , statistics , parametric statistics , table (database) , mathematics , smoothing , graduation (instrument) , econometrics , computer science , data mining , geometry

Summary We describe the most recent statistical methodology used to produce the 17th English Life Table , covering the period 2010–2012. Crude mortality rates are smoothed, or graduated, by using a combination of a generalized additive model and low dimensional parametric models. The approach to graduation acknowledges uncertainty, particularly in the highest age groups, by model averaging, using a simplified version of a full Bayesian analysis.

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