✦ LIBER ✦
223005 (M00) On the value of changes in life expectancy: Blips versus parametric changes : Johannesson M., Johansson P.-O., Löfgren K.-G., Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Volume 15, Nr. 3, 1997, pp 221–240
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6687
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✦ Synopsis
Based on results reported from the NHANES II Survey (the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II) for people living in the United States during 1976-1980, the authors use exploratory data analysis, probability plots, and the method of maximum likelihood to fit lognormal distributions of percentiles of body weight for males and females as a function of age from 6 months through 74 years. The results are immediately useful in probabilistic (and deterministic) risk assessments.