Methods for disentangling period and cohort changes in mortality risk over the twentieth century: comparing graphical and modelling approaches

This paper explores changes in age-specific mortality risk across periods and cohorts during the twentieth century in the developed world. We use and compare two approaches—one graphical (Lexis plots) and one statistical (an adapted Hierarchical age-period-cohort model)—that control out overall tren...

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