Laboratory

Demographic Data

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Human Life-Table Database

Conducted by Dmitri A. Jdanov; Lisa Körber, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov; in Collaboration with Magali Barbieri (University of California, Berkeley, USA and French National Institute for Demographic Studies, Paris, France), France Meslé, Jacques Vallin (both: French National Institute for Demographic Studies, Paris, France), Carl Boe (University of California, Berkeley, USA), Evgeny Andreev (National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation)

The Human Life-Table Database provides life tables for various time periods and for a large number of countries in different parts of the world. The tables, which are mainly produced by national statistical offices, document human mortality trends and inter-country variability.  Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Aging, Mortality and Longevity, Data and Surveys, Historical Demography, Statistics and Mathematics

Region keywords:

World

Publications

Andreev, E. M.; Shkolnikov, V. M.:
MPIDR Technical Report TR-2010-005. (2010)
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world. It's part of the Max Planck Society, the internationally renowned German research society.