Age at death and rectangularisation of the survival curve: trends in Switzerland, 1969-1994

摘要

Objective-To check if signs of rectangu- larisation of the survival curve appeared during recent decades in Switzerland- that is, if life expectancy is approaching a maximum with a clustering of age at death around an average value (the so called "compression of mortality"). Methods-Descriptive analysis of age of Death and its trends over 26 years, as Characterised by the modal value, me- Dian, and various percentiles beyond the Median. Population-All deaths occurring after The 50th birthday in Switzerland between 1969 and 1994 (n=1 390 362).