Beitrag in einem Sammelband

The linear rise in the number of our days

Oeppen, J. E., Vaupel, J. W.

In: Bengtsson, T., Keilman, N. (Eds.): Old and new perspectives on mortality forecasting, 159–166
Demographic research monographs -
Cham, Springer (2019)

ISBN 978-3-030-05074-0
eISBN 978-3-030-05075-7
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-05075-7_13

Open Access

Abstract

If life expectancy – also known as the expectation of life, is the mean life-span of a cohort of newborns if current age-specific death rates remain unchanged – in developed countries were close to an ultimate limit, then increases in record life expectancy – the average length of life in the best-practice population – should slow as the ceiling is asymptotically approached.