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コホート死亡率の予測は,寿命増加の減速の兆候を示している
José Andrade1, Carlo Giovanni Camarda2, Héctor Pifarré I Arolas3,4,5
1Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock 18057, Germany.
まとめ
高所得国における 平均寿命の伸びは 減速しています この減速は,主に5歳未満の非常に若い年齢での死亡率の改善が遅れていることが原因です.
科学分野:
- 人口統計
- 公衆衛生
- 死亡率 科学
背景:
- 高所得国では 1900年代初頭から 平均寿命が伸び続けています
- 平均寿命の上昇の将来の傾向は不確実であり,減速する可能性もある.
研究 の 目的:
- 高所得国23か国で1939年から2000年の間に生まれた人の平均寿命を予測する.
- 平均寿命の伸びが減速しているかどうかを判断し,この傾向の主な要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 多数の既定および新規の死亡率予測方法の適用
- 1939年から2000年までの出生コホートにおけるコホート寿命の推定
- 年齢による分解分析により,各年齢層における死亡率の改善傾向が特定される.
主要な成果:
- すべての予測方法でコホート寿命の減速が一貫して有力な証拠です.
- 観察された改善のペース (コホートあたり0. 46年) は37%から52%に減少した.
- 主に非常に若い年齢 (5歳未満と20歳未満) での死亡率の改善が遅れていることによる減速.
結論:
- 平均寿命の伸びが減速する傾向は強固で,予測のバイアスのせいだけではありません.
- 早期の死亡率の改善は この減速に大きく寄与しています
- 観測されたパターンは,減速が近い将来に逆転する可能性が低いことを示唆しています.
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