General functions for human survival and mortality

dc.creatorWeon, Byung Mook
dc.date2004-02-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:58:12Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:58:12Z
dc.descriptionGeneral functions for human survival and mortality may support a possibility of general mechanisms in human ageing. We discovered that the survival and mortality curves could be described very simply and accurately by the Weibull survival function with age-dependent shape parameter. The age-dependence of shape parameter determines the shape of the survival and mortality curves and tells the nature of the ageing rate. Especially, the progression of shape parameter with age may be explained by the increase of interaction among vital processes or the evolution of susceptibility to faults with age. Age-related diseases may be attributed to the evolution of susceptibility to faults with age.
dc.description8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0402013
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0402013
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/88268
dc.subjectPopulations and Evolution
dc.titleGeneral functions for human survival and mortality
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