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Random Mortality Fluctuations and the Binomial Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

A. H. Pollard
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A great deal of research has been carried out into expected values of qx or into expected number of deaths. Little attention has however been paid to the random variations in mortality rates or to the random variations in the number of deaths. Research in this direction might very well further our knowledge of the mortality process.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 96 , Issue 2 , September 1970 , pp. 251 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1970

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