Overview
The Human Mortality Database (HMD, www.mortality.org) is the world’s leading data resource on mortality in developed countries. The HMD is a collaborative project of the Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany. The main purposes of the HMD are to document the longevity revolution of the modern era and to facilitate research into its causes and consequences by providing high-quality data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human longevity. As of 2019, this unique open-access collection provides detailed, high-quality mortality and population data for 40 countries. The database is still growing.
The HMD makes available detailed series of death rates and life tables, as well as the original input data used for constructing the mortality series, together with an extensive documentation describing the quality...
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The HMD receives financial and logistic support from its two academic institutions, UCB and MPIDR. In recent years, INED has also supported the further development of the database. In addition, the HMD receives financial support from the National Institute on Aging (USA), the Society of Actuaries-REX Pool Fund, the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Hannover Re, SCOR, Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), the AXA Research Fund, Milliman, the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and the Dutch Royal Actuarial Association; from a number of other sponsors; and technical advice and assistance from a number of international collaborators.
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Jdanov, D., Jasilionis, D., Shkolnikov, V., Barbieri, M. (2019). Human Mortality Database. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_1102-1
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