Section outline

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    Relationship between mortality rates and probability of dying. How to estimate a.

    Period life table construction. The very young ages. The Open Ended Age Interval. Interpreting the life table.

    Life table as a stationary population. Mortality as a continuous process.

    Decomposing differences in life expectancy.

    How to calculate Healthy life expectancy.

    Studying other single decrement process. SMAM.

    • Students must
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      • READING MATERIAL
      1. PRESTON HANDBOOOK: CHAPTER 3:
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      2. Slide on these topics are also provided to facilitate the study.
      • VIDEO:
      1. What is life expectancy? (Prof. Cohen, University of Mariland)
      2. Life Expectancy and longevity (Ined) 
    • Video: What is life expectancy (Cohen, University of Maryland) URL
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    • Video: Life expectancy and the longevity perspectives (INED) URL
      Students must
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    • Reading on Sullivan's method to calculate Healthy Life Expectancy File
    • Slide Lecture 9: A cohort life table File
    • Lesson 10.- How to build a period life table from real data File
    • USEFUL DATA SOURCES FOR STUDYING MORTALITY
      1. The Human Mortality database web-site. The Human Mortality Database (HMD) is the world´s leading scientific data resource on mortality in developed countries. The HMD provides detailed high-quality harmonized mortality and population estimates to researchers and students.
      2. Italian Life Tables Mortality Tables for the Resident Population. Time Series (1974–2022) by territorial areas/Region/Province
    • I-RAT Chapter 3 Life Table I Quiz
      Opened: Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 2:30 PM
      Closed: Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 5:30 PM
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      The test consists of 15 questions to be answered in 30 minutes.

      Good luck!

    • T-RAT Chapter 3 Life Table I Quiz
      Opened: Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 3:00 PM
      Closed: Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 5:45 PM

      The test consists of 15 questions to be answered in 45 minutes in your team.

      Good luck!

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      MATERIAL FOR THE T-APP1

    • The case: the doctor Mouse Syndrome File
    • T-APP1 DATA: Age specific mortality rate at Mouseton File
    • T-APP1: Short Report to Doctor Mouse Assignment
      Opened: Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 1:30 PM
      Due: Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 2:50 PM

      Upload your report! Doctor Mouse will be grateful to you!!

      Not available unless: You belong to a group in TBL-TEAMS

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      MATERIAL FOR THE T-APP2

    • TAPP2_DATI Folder
    • T-APP2_Upload your Life table Assignment
      Opened: Thursday, 5 November 2026, 8:26 AM
      Due: Thursday, 5 November 2026, 9:00 AM
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in TBL-TEAMS

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      MATERIAL FOR THE T-APP3

    • T-APP3 - The Ministry of health's concerns File
      Students must
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    • T-APP3: DATA Folder
    • T-APP3: REPORT for the Ministry of Health Assignment
      Opened: Thursday, 5 November 2026, 9:15 AM
      Due: Thursday, 5 November 2026, 10:50 AM
      Students must
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