Methods of Expanding an Abridged Life Tables: Comparison between Two Methods

• Main Authors: Rose Irnawaty Ibrahim, Zailan Siri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Subjects: King's Osculatory Interpolation; Abridged Life Table; Complete Life Table; Heligman-Pollard Model
• Institution: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

A question of interest in the demografic and actuarial fields is the estimation of the complete sets of q(x)-values when the data are given in age groups. This study presents two techniques of expanding an abridged life table to a complete ones. The two expansion techniques used in the study are Kin...