title: The second dimension:  a proposed measure of the rectangularity of mortality curves.
abstract: "The present paper proposes a measure of the shape (rectangularity) of the mortality curve which is statistically orthogonal to (independent of) the level of mortality over a broad range of national life tables, both historical and contemporary.... We have proposed [using]...a ratio of survival probabilities in two broad age ranges, in middle and young adulthood.  It is suggested that this measure is an effective first approximation, which can be built on both methodologically and substantively, in order to obtain a better understanding of the social and other conditions producing rectangular and troughed mortality curves." Data for selected developed countries are used to test the model. (SUMMARY IN FRE AND ITA)
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D015993:Life Tables; D008136:Longevity; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011336:Probability; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D015996:Survival Rate
keywords: Age Factors; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Length Of Life; Life Table Method; Life Tables; Mathematical Model; Models, Theoretical; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Probability; Research Methodology; Statistical Studies; Studies; Survivorship