Normalized lifespan inequality

Previous studies have documented a historically strong and negative association between countries' life expectancy (i.e., average longevity) and length-of-life inequality (i.e., variability in ages at death). The relationship between both variables might be partially explained by life expectanc...

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Autores: Permanyer, Iñaki|||0000-0002-7051-5144, Shi, Jiaxin|||0000-0002-6929-484X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1186/s41118-021-00150-6
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Palabra clave:Lifespan inequality
Life expectancy
Maximal lifespan record
Mortality
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Normalized lifespan inequality
disentangling the longevity-lifespan variability nexus
title Normalized lifespan inequality
spellingShingle Normalized lifespan inequality
Permanyer, Iñaki|||0000-0002-7051-5144
Lifespan inequality
Life expectancy
Maximal lifespan record
Mortality
title_short Normalized lifespan inequality
title_full Normalized lifespan inequality
title_fullStr Normalized lifespan inequality
title_full_unstemmed Normalized lifespan inequality
title_sort Normalized lifespan inequality
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Permanyer, Iñaki|||0000-0002-7051-5144
Shi, Jiaxin|||0000-0002-6929-484X
author Permanyer, Iñaki|||0000-0002-7051-5144
author_facet Permanyer, Iñaki|||0000-0002-7051-5144
Shi, Jiaxin|||0000-0002-6929-484X
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lifespan inequality
Life expectancy
Maximal lifespan record
Mortality
topic Lifespan inequality
Life expectancy
Maximal lifespan record
Mortality
description Previous studies have documented a historically strong and negative association between countries' life expectancy (i.e., average longevity) and length-of-life inequality (i.e., variability in ages at death). The relationship between both variables might be partially explained by life expectancy increasing at a faster pace than maximal length of life, a phenomenon that mechanically compresses the age-at-death distribution and has not been taken into consideration in previous studies. In this paper, we propose a new approach to lifespan inequality measurement that accounts for the (uncertainly) bounded nature of length-of-life. Applying the new approach to the countries of the Human Mortality Database, we observe that the decline in overall lifespan variability typically associated with increases in longevity seems to stop and even reverse at higher levels of life expectancy. This suggests the emergence of worrying ethical dilemmas, whereby higher achievements in longevity would only be possible at the expense of higher lifespan variability.
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