Friday, February 17, 2012

Mortality rate after age 80 underestimated - UPI.com

Mortality rate after age 80 underestimated - UPI.com: The mortality rate for those ages 30-80 follows Gompertz Law, named for Benjamin Gompertz, who observed in 1825 that a person's risk of death in a given year doubles every eight years of age.

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