Description: This abstract describes a paper that studies the relation between the two basic random events associated with human mortality: birth and death.

Description: The abstract for the paper An Extreme Value Analysis of Advanced Age Mortality Data.

Description: This report covers historical mortality from 1999-2018 by race as categorized by population data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) WONDER database. Mortality for all deaths and six specific causes of death are considered over this period. Additionally, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced mortality as a whole and this report shows the breakdown of COVID-19 deaths by race.

Description: This article delves into a new line of statistical thinking of the author, that may be useful for product development actuaries. The key concept is how product design can produce products that diversify quickly, meaning that the company can be confident of a profitable product line, based on fewer sales than might be true for other designs.

Description: We develop a model based on causal mortality in order to better understand inequalities in life expectancy across socioeconomic circumstances.

Description: Summarizes, in tabular form, mortality improvement rates referring to recently released report from CDC based on 2003 death rates.

Description: This SOA report provides an overview and analysis of the mortality models, theories and trends contained in the papers presented at the past four international Living to 100 symposia.

Description: This collection of data shows a trend in mortality during a period of many medical breakthroughs and social improvements.

Description: This graph indicates the overall historical trend in life expectancy at age 65.

Description: Attempts to Quantify Potential Impact of Pandemic Influenza on the U.S. Life Insurance Industry