Forecasting age-specific mortality rates in the Philippines: A maximum entropy approach using statistical moments

• Main Authors: Dayag, John Carlos V., Lugtu, Rani Faith S., Santos, Rafael Lawrence L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: Mortality > Philippines > Statistics; Forecasting; Life expectancy > Philippines; Maximum entropy method
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_math/40; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdb_math/article/1041/viewcontent/2024_Dayag_EtAl_Forecasting_Age_Specific_Mortality_Rates_in_the_Philippines__A_Ma.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Mortality is a crucial factor for different sectors of a nation, namely social security, economic prospects, and the insurance industries. In the Philippines, mortality has improved. However, the constant changes in mortality impose problems in having accurate mortality projections. Inaccurate morta...