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Thus the force of mortality at these ages is zero. The force of mortality μ(x) uniquely defines a probability density function f X (x). The force of mortality () can be interpreted as the conditional density of failure at age x, while f(x) is the unconditional density of failure at age x. [1]
The Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality describes the age dynamics of human mortality rather accurately in the age window from about 30 to 80 years of age. At more advanced ages, some studies have found that death rates increase more slowly – a phenomenon known as the late-life mortality deceleration [2] – but more recent studies disagree. [4]
When he turned his attention to the question of valuing annuities payable on more than one life, de Moivre found it convenient to drop his assumption of an equal number of deaths (per year) in favor of an assumption of equal probabilities of death at each year of age (i.e., what is now called the "constant force of mortality" assumption ...
μ x : the force of mortality, i.e. the instantaneous mortality rate at age x, i.e. the number of people dying in a short interval starting at age x, divided by ℓ x and also divided by the length of the interval. Another common variable is This symbol refers to central rate of mortality.
where is the probability density function of T, is the probability of a life age surviving to age + and + denotes force of mortality at time + for a life aged . The actuarial present value of one unit of an n -year term insurance policy payable at the moment of death can be found similarly by integrating from 0 to n .
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