Appendix D

Fitted parameters

Table 1. Parameters with standard errors of the Gompertz model*  fitted to combined data from ages 80 to 98



Data Sets

Fitted Parameters

a

S.E.

b

S.E.

Male

1871-80, cohort

1960-70, period

1970-80, period

1980-90, period



Female

1871-80, cohort

1960-70, period

1970-80, period

1980-90, period



2.17126e-04

1.35762e-04

1.45827e-04

1.02750e-04





1.22095e-04

4.88571e-05

2.91078e-05

1.31604e-05



2.39136e-05

1.08351e-05

9.34476e-06

7.69978e-06





1.38720e-05

6.72061e-06

4.34414e-06

2.08599e-06



7.97629e-02

8.50345e-02

8.33089e-02

8.59946e-02





8.41400e-02

9.43998e-02

9.89672e-02

1.06041e-01



1.27485e-03

9.27095e-04

7.46935e-04

8.70746e-04





1.30208e-03

1.58346e-03

1.71079e-03

1.81909e-03

* Hazard function: