Mortality rate versus age.
A theory of the variation of mortality rate with age is presented. It leads to the logistic law, which levels off at old ages.
Keller
Joseph B
JB
Departments of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2125, USA. keller@math.stanford.ede
D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D009026:Mortality