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Mortality among middle‐aged Australians, 1960–2010: implications for prevention policy
Author(s) -
Curtis Andrea J,
OforiAsenso Richard,
Gambhir Manoj,
McNeil John J
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja17.00852
Subject(s) - public health , library science , ibm , preventive healthcare , citation , medicine , gerontology , nursing , materials science , computer science , nanotechnology
We analysed epidemiological life table data (source: The Human Mortality Database, www.mortality.org) to simulate cohorts of 100 000 people experiencing the population mortality rates for 10-year intervals from 1960 to 2010. For example: for the simulated population of individuals aged 20 years in 1960, we applied 1960 mortality rates throughout their transition to 70 years of age. The probabilities of surviving to age 70 were modelled by subtracting the estimated numbers of deaths in each age band according to the age-specific death rates applicable during the 10-year interval. As we analysed publicly available aggregated data, formal ethics approval was not required.