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modal age at death: a standalone construct

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the age at which the largest number of deaths occurs in a life table, used to track the shift of adult mortality toward older ages.

In demography, modal age at death refers to the age at which the largest number of deaths occurs in a life table, used to track the shift of adult mortality toward older ages. This meaning comes from Canudas-Romo (2008) in Demographic Research.[1]

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References

Canudas-Romo, V. (2008). The modal age at death and the shifting mortality hypothesis. Demographic Research, 19, 1179-1204. https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2008.19.30

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