old.age: Estimates of Hazard Function for Old Age
Description
Historical estimates of the force of mortality (hazard function)
averaged for 5-year age groups. The data are taken from various
historical sources.source
Thatcher, A. R. (1999) The long-term pattern of adult mortality and the
highest attained age (with Discussion).
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A, 16, 5--43.Details
The estimated numbers of people on which the data in the columns are
based are 2300, 3133, 2675, 71,000, 74,000, 834,0000, and 828,000.References
Davison, A. C. (2003) Statistical Models. Cambridge University Press.
Page 194.