A method of estimating tooth life expectancy

Estimating life expectancy using an age-cohort model: a critique.

Permanent tooth formation as a method of estimating age.

UNLABELLED The aims of this study were to describe maturity data of permanent tooth formation from a large sample and to adapt these for estimating age, to compare mean age dental formation stages between ethnic groups and sexes. METHODS This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study of 1,050 panoramic radiographs of healthy dental patients in London aged 2 to 22. Similar numbers of each sex...

Estimating life expectancy using an age-cohort model in Taiwan.

OBJECTIVES Life expectation is a valuable summary index in public health and actuarial science. The life expectancies published in the vital statistics, however, are derived from the "current" rather than from the "cohort" life table. The former is based on a strong assumption of constant mortality in the population, whereas the latter calls for a recording of the mortality experience of a grou...

Determinants of Life Expectancy: A Cross- Country Analysis

This paper analyzes the effects of socio-economic factors on life expectancy. Using multiple regression analysis, the paper shows that there is a positive strong correlation between life expectancy as an independent variable and per capita income, health expenditures, literacy rate and daily calorie intake. Also, it shows that there is a negative strong correlation between life expectancy and n...

Life Expectancy