Expanding Abridge Life Table by Using Heligman Pollard Method: Malaysian Experience 2010-2013
Muhammad Syahmi Siran, Dr. Mazlynda Md Yusuf, Dr. Yumn Suhaylah Yusoff, Dr. Mohamad Yazis Ali Basah
Abstract
Mortality rate is the measurement of the number of death in certain population and it is scaled to the size of the
population per unit time. The study of mortality rate is meant to find ways to extend the survival of an individual
to reduce the mortality rate. Mortality rate is also one of the important elements in determining the premium in
insurance pricing. In Malaysia, Census department will take the responsibility to determine the total number of
population and the data will be presented in the form of five years age group called Abridged Life Table. This
paper used the Abridged data and to obtain the rate for each age, Heligmann Polard Method was applied to
expand the Abridged Life table into a complete table.
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