This article reviews some key strands of demographic research on past trends in human
longevity and explores possible future trends in life expectancy at birth. Demographic data …

The modal age at death is used to study the shifting mortality scenario experienced by low
mortality countries. The relations of the life table functions at the modal age are analyzed …

Recently, the incidence of small, peripheral lung adenocarcinoma has been increasing as
lung cancer screening with radiologic examination is more widely performed. Tumor size is …

Introduction: In Europe, women can expect to live on average 82 years and men 75 years.
Forecasting how life expectancy will develop in the future is essential for society. Most …

BACKGROUND With the rapid aging of the population, mortality forecasting becomes
increasingly important, especially for the insurance and pension industries. However, a wide …

The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether improvements in the health of the
elderly in European countries could compensate for population ageing on the supply side of …

Background Smoking, obesity and alcohol abuse greatly affect mortality and exhibit a
distinct time dynamic, with their prevalence and associated mortality rates increasing and …

An enhanced version of the Lee–Carter modelling approach to mortality forecasting, which
has been extended to include an age modulated cohort index in addition to the standard …

The Lee–Carter model has become a benchmark in stochastic mortality modeling. However,
its forecasting performance can be significantly improved upon by modern machine learning …

We present a new mortality projection methodology that distinguishes smoking-and non-
smoking-related mortality and takes into account mortality trends of the opposite sex and in …