G7諸国における普遍的な死亡率低下パターン
1Mountain View Research, Los Altos, California 94204, USA. tulja@mvr.org
Nature
|June 24, 2000
まとめ
人間の寿命は伸びていますが,死亡率の要因は不明です. この研究は,一貫した指数関数的な死亡率の低下を明らかにし,G7諸国の寿命と依存関係比率の予測をより正確に可能にします.
科学分野:
- デモグラフィー デモグラフィー 人口統計
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 人類の寿命は,この世紀に大幅に増加したが,死亡率の低下の原動力と高齢化人口の社会的コストは十分に理解されていない.
- 年数から十年数までの死亡率の変化の不規則性は,死亡率減少因子の正確な予測と理解を複雑にする.
研究 の 目的:
- G7諸国 (カナダ,フランス,ドイツ,イタリア,日本,英国,米国) の50年にわたる死亡率の動向を分析する.
- 死亡率減少の一貫したパターンを特定することによって,ストキャスティック的な死亡率予測の基礎を確立する.
- 人口の高齢化による財政的影響に対処し,平均寿命と扶養比率に関する最新の予測を提供すること.
主な方法:
- G7諸国における5十年間の全年齢の死亡率データを調査した.
- 統計分析により,指数関数的な傾向と死亡率の低下の一定率を特定する.
- 観察された傾向に基づいて死亡率の予測のためのストキャスティックモデルの開発.
主要な成果:
- すべてのG7諸国の各年齢における死亡率は,過去50年にわたってほぼ恒常的なペースで指数関数的に減少しています.
- 平均寿命の予測は,既存の公式の予測よりも大幅に高い.
- 2050年に予測される依存関係比率は,公式の予測より6% (イギリス) から40% (日本) 高いが,これは人口高齢化に関連したコストの増加を示している.
結論:
- 一貫した指数関数的な死亡率の低下は,ストキャスティック予測モデルに堅実な基盤を提供します.
- 平均寿命と依存関係に関する公式の予測は,将来の人口統計と経済的な課題を過小評価している可能性があります.
- 持続的な死亡率低下が社会に及ぼす影響に関するさらなる研究が必要である.
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