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Demography and Health Issues

Population Aging, Mortality and Data Analysis

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Editors:
  1. Christos H. Skiadas

    1. ManLab, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Crete, Greece

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  2. Charilaos Skiadas

    1. Department of Mathematics/Computer Science, Hanover College, Hanover, USA

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  • Explores and applies quantitative methods in Demography
  • Integrates statistics, data analysis and stochastic techniques
  • Includes stochastic processes as well as Markov models

Part of the book series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis (PSDE, volume 46)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Data Analysis in Demography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Differences in Life Expectancy by Marital Status in the Czech Republic After 1990 and Their Decomposition by Age

      • Tomas Fiala, Jitka Langhamrova
      Pages 185-198

    3. Air Pollution and Health Risks: A Statistical Analysis Aiming at Improving Air Quality in an Alpine Italian Province

      • Giuliana Passamani, Matteo Tomaselli
      Pages 199-216

    4. AR Dynamic Evolving Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Mortality Data

      • Gabriella Piscopo
      Pages 217-223

    5. Empirical Power Study of the Jackson Exponentiality Test

      • Frederico Caeiro, Ayana Mateus
      Pages 225-235

    6. An Intervention Analysis Regarding the Impact of the Introduction of Budget Airline Routes to Maltese Tourism Demographics

      • Maristelle Darmanin, David Suda
      Pages 237-249

    7. Investigating Southern Europeans’ Perceptions of Their Employment Status

      • Aggeliki Yfanti, Catherine Michalopoulou, Aggelos Mimis, Stelios Zachariou
      Pages 251-263

  2. Health Sciences, Demography, Risk and Insurance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    2. Risk Factors of Severe Cognitive Impairment in the Czech Republic

      • Kornélia Svačinová Cséfalvaiová, Jitka Langhamrová
      Pages 267-273

    3. On the Measurement of Early Job Insecurity in Europe

      • Maria Symeonaki, Glykeria Stamatopoulou, Maria Karamessini
      Pages 275-287

    4. Health Estimates for Some Countries of the Rapid Developing World

      • Konstantinos N. Zafeiris, Christos H. Skiadas
      Pages 289-300

    5. Social Capital, Income Inequality and the Health of the Elderly

      • Maria Felice Arezzo
      Pages 301-313

    6. Life Annuity Portfolios: Risk-Adjusted Valuations and Suggestions on the Product Attractiveness

      • Valeria D’Amato, Emilia Di Lorenzo, Albina Orlando, Marilena Sibillo
      Pages 315-323

    7. Flexible Retirement Scheme for the Italian Mortality Experience

      • Mariarosaria Coppola, Maria Russolillo, Rosaria Simone
      Pages 325-336

    8. Sibling Death Clustering Among the Tribes of Central and Eastern India: An Application of Random Effects Dynamic Probit Model

      • Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, Mukesh Ranjan
      Pages 337-355
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About this book

This book provides new theories, applications and quantitative methods in demography, population studies and statistics. It presents and applies data analysis, statistics and stochastic modeling techniques focusing on demography, population aging, mortality and health sciences.  The book describes diverse stochastic processes as well as Markov and semi-Markov models in demography and population studies, along with chapters on statistical models and methods in biostatistics and epidemiology.  As such the book will be a valuable source to demographers, health scientists, statisticians, economists and sociologists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • ManLab, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Crete, Greece

    Christos H. Skiadas

  • Department of Mathematics/Computer Science, Hanover College, Hanover, USA

    Charilaos Skiadas

About the editors

Christos H. Skiadas, PhD, was the founder and director of the Data Analysis and Forecasting Laboratory at the Technical University of Crete. He is chair of the Demographics Workshop series, the Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis Conference series and the Chaotic Modeling and Simulation Conference series. He has published more than 80 papers, three monographs, and 18 books, including probability, statistics, data analysis and forecasting. His research interests include innovation diffusion modeling and forecasting, life table data modeling, healthy life expectancy estimates, and deterministic, stochastic, and chaotic modeling.


Charilaos Skiadas, PhD, is an associate professor in mathematics and computer science at Hanover College. His research interests encompass a wide array of mathematical and computing topics, ranging from algebraic geometry to statistics and programming languages to data science and health state modeling.


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