Visualizing Mortality Dynamics in the Lexis Diagram. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Roland Rau, Christina Bohk-Ewald, Magdalena M. Muszyńska, James W. Vaupel.
• Authors: Rau, Roland; Bohk-Ewald, Christina; Muszyńska, Magdalena M; Vaupel, James W
• Contents: 1: Introduction: Why do we visualize data and what is this book about? -- 2: The Lexis Diagram -- 3: Data and Software -- 4: Surface Plots of Observed Death Rates -- 5: Surface Plots of Smoothed Mortality Data -- 6: Surface Plots of Rates of Mortality Improvement -- 7: Surface Plots for Causes of Death -- 8: Surface Plots of Age-specific Contributions to the Increase in Life Expectancy -- 9: Seasonality of Causes of Death -- 10: Surface Plots for Cancer Survival -- 11: Summary and Outlook -- Bibliography -- References -- Additional Figures.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (XIII, 169 pages), 114 illustrations
• Subjects: 304.6; Social sciences; Mortality -- Statistical methods; Demography; Statistics; Computing and information technology; Demography; Public health; Social sciences; Statistics; Medical -- Public Health; Social Science -- Statistics; Public health & preventive medicine; Social research & statistics; Social Science -- Demography; Population & demography; Social Sciences; Demography; Public Health; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319648200; 3319648209
• Related ISBNs: 3319648187; 9783319648187
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.