title: On the theory and measurement of the determinants of mortality.
abstract: This article develops a model of mortality that shows how biological, demographic, and environmental factors interact to affect an individual's probability of dying. To illustrate the usefulness of the model, we derive from it (as special cases) the Brass system of model life tables and the proportional-hazard mortality model and apply a logit version of the model to analyze the determinants of child mortality in Sri Lanka.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Boulier
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Paqueo
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003469:Culture; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000191:economics; D013188:Sri Lanka