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Actuarial science

a mortality law that adds an age-independent constant hazard to Gompertz's exponentially rising force of mortality.

In actuarial science, Gompertz-Makeham law refers to a mortality law that adds an age-independent constant hazard to Gompertz's exponentially rising force of mortality. This meaning comes from Makeham (1860) in The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries.[1]

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Makeham, W. M. (1860). On the Law of Mortality and the Construction of Annuity Tables. The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, 8(6), 301-310. https://doi.org/10.1017/s204616580000126x

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