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rectangularization of the survival curve: a standalone construct

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Demography

the reduction in variability of age at death as more people survive to older ages, making the survival curve more rectangular.

In demography, rectangularization of the survival curve refers to the reduction in variability of age at death as more people survive to older ages, making the survival curve more rectangular. This meaning comes from Wilmoth (1999) in Demography.[1]

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References

Wilmoth, J. R., & Horiuchi, S. (1999). Rectangularization revisited: Variability of age at death within human populations. Demography, 36(4), 475-495. https://doi.org/10.2307/2648085

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