Quantitative Demography and Health Estimates : Healthy Life Expectancy, Templates for Direct Estimates from Life Tables and Other Applications

• Autore: Skiadas Christos H
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.6
• Altri autori: SkiadasCharilaos
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Part I Healthy Life Expectancy Estimates -- 1 Expanding the Life Tables to Include the Healthy LifeExpectancy -- 1.1 Introduction and Model Building -- 1.2 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 2 The Direct Healthy Life Expectancy Estimates from Life Tables to Support HALE Measures Done by the World Health Organization. A New Tool for a Standard Measure -- 2.1 General -- 2.2 The Uncertainty Interval (UI) -- 2.3 The HLYL Estimation Method -- 2.4 Applications -- 2.5 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 3 Expanding the Life Tables for Companion Dogs in UK and Japan to Include the Healthy Life Expectancy -- 3.1 Introduction and Model Building -- 3.2 Morbidity Data -- 3.3 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 4 Direct Healthy Life Expectancy Estimates from Life Tables with a Sullivan Extension: The Case of Brazil 2003 -- 4.1 The HLYL Estimation Method -- 4.2 Program for the Estimates -- 4.3 A Further HLE Estimate Based on the Sullivan Method -- 4.4 Conclusions and Further Study -- References -- 5 Assessment of the CASP-12 Scale Among People Aged 50+ in Europe: An Analysis Using SHARE Data -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Materials and Methods -- 5.2.1 Measurement Instrument -- 5.2.2 Participants -- 5.2.3 Statistical Analysis -- 5.2.3.1 Confirmatory Factor Analysis -- 5.2.3.2 Exploratory Factor Analysis -- 5.2.3.3 Internal Consistency -- 5.3 Results -- 5.3.1 Confirmatory Factor Analysis -- 5.3.2 CASP-12 Reliability -- 5.3.3 Exploratory Factor Analysis -- 5.3.4 Construct Validity of the CASP-10 Scale -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Possibilities of Creating New Health Indicators -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Summary Measures of Population Health -- 6.3 Minimum European Health Module -- 6.4 Analysis of Sensitivity for the Middle Category of Self-Rated Health and a Proposal for a New Variable. ; 6.5 Challenges and Limitations in Data Collection -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Health - Covid-19 -- 7 Exploring Cross-National Comparability of Unidimensional Constructs -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Methods -- 7.2.1 Participants -- 7.2.2 Measures and Item Selection -- 7.2.3 Statistical Analyses -- 7.2.3.1 Preliminary Decisions -- 7.2.3.2 Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) -- 7.2.3.3 Overall Measurements Construction and Psychometric Properties Assessment -- 7.3 Results -- 7.3.1 Item Selection -- 7.3.2 Validation of the Overall Measurements of Functioning -- 7.3.2.1 CFA -- 7.3.2.2 Overall Measurements of Functioning Construction and Assessment -- 7.3.2.3 Overall Measurements of Functioning Values on Satisfaction with Life and Happiness: Cross-National Mean Scores Comparison -- 7.4 Conclusions -- References -- 8 A Stochastic Characterization of Omicron Variant of SARS-CoV 2 Virus -- 8.1 Theoretical Background -- 8.1.1 Comparing Samples from Markov Processes -- 8.1.2 Classifying Samples from Markov Processes -- 8.2 SARS CoV 2 Sequences -- 8.3 Results -- 8.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9 Factors Associated with Direct and Indirect Aspects of Loneliness Among Europeans Aged 50 or Higher -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Data and Methods -- 9.3 Results -- 9.4 Discussion -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- 10 Neuropsychological Normed Measures for the Tinker Toy Test (TTT). Exploring Latent Structures -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Neuropsychological Assessment. The Case of TTT -- 10.3 The Linear Logistic Test Model - LLTM -- 10.4 Exploring the LLTM in the TTT Assessment -- 10.5 Conclusions -- References -- 11 A Tool for Measuring Alcohol Policy Scoring in Czechia and EU: The Innovative Alcohol Policy Indicator -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Materials and methods -- 11.3 Results -- 11.4 Discussion -- 11.5 Conclusions -- References. ; Part III Population and Mortality -- 12 Analyzing Euler and Süßmilch's Population Growth Model -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Population Statistics in Süßmilch's Chapter Eight -- 12.3 Matrix Population Model of Euler and Süßmilch -- 12.3.1 Presentation and Results -- 12.3.2 Solution of the Projection Equation -- 12.3.3 Influence of the Cyclical Components -- 12.4 Further Considerations -- 12.4.1 More Realistic Mortality Assumptions -- 12.4.2 Another Projection of Euler -- 12.4.3 Effect of Maximum Age -- 12.4.4 Annual Instead of Biennial Projection Steps -- 12.5 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- 13 Epidemic Models with Several Levels of Immunity -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Stochastic Model and the Corresponding Deterministic Dynamics -- 13.3 The Algorithm for Numerical Simulations -- 13.4 The Convergence Result -- 13.5 Numerical Simulations -- 13.6 Conclusions -- References -- 14 Preventable Neonatal Deaths and Maternal and Child Factors in a Region of Brazil: Panel Data Modeling -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Materials and Methods -- 14.3 Results and Discussion -- 14.4 Conclusion -- References -- 15 Comparing the Mortality Regimes in 39 Populations -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Data and Methods -- 15.3 The Procedure of Calculating Modal Age at Death and the Width of the Old Age Heap -- 15.4 Results -- 15.5 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 16 Kane Tanaka's 119 Birthday and the Supercentenarians' Age Estimation. Further Remarks on the Oldest Old Record of 122 Years by Jeanne Calment -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 The Mathematical Model -- 16.3 The Saito-Ishii-Robine (2021) Centenarian and Supercentenarian Death Data in Japan (1951-2015) -- 16.4 Validating the MRAD -- 16.4.1 The Data. Fit and Projections -- 16.5 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 17 Recent Changes in Human Mortality: The Case Study of Greece -- 17.1 Introduction. ; 17.2 Data and Methods -- 17.2.1 Data -- 17.2.2 Methodology -- 17.3 Mapping Mortality -- 17.4 Results -- 17.5 Conclusions -- Visualization of Interactive Maps (Andreopoulos P., 2021): -- References -- Part IV Data Analysis -- 18 Optimal Maintenance Policy for a Two-State System with Population Heterogeneity Under Partial Observation -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Model -- 18.2.1 Model Description -- 18.2.2 Decision Making for CBM -- 18.3 Optimal Maintenance Policy -- 18.3.1 Preliminary Definitions -- 18.3.2 Optimal Monotone Maintenance Policy -- 18.3.3 Effectiveness of Considering Heterogeneity -- 18.3.4 Sensitivity Analysis -- 18.4 Conclusion -- References -- 19 Measuring Transition Smoothness into European LabourMarket(s) -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Constructing a Composite Indicator of Transition Smoothness -- 19.3 Results -- 19.4 Conclusions -- References -- 20 Could the Idea of Equitable Normal Pension Age Stabilize the Pension System? -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Intergenerationally Equitable Normal Pension Age -- 20.3 Methodological Remarks and Data -- 20.4 Results -- 20.5 Conclusions -- References -- 21 The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging. Scientific Research and Opinions of Doctors and Radiologists Towards the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology -- 21.1 Introduction -- 21.2 Theoretical Background -- 21.2.1 Artificial Intelligence -- 21.2.2 Machine Learning -- 21.2.3 Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology -- 21.2.4 Research Objectives -- 21.2.5 Methodology -- 21.3 Research Foundings -- 21.3.1 Demographic Characteristics -- 21.4 Level of Knowledge of Technologists and Medical Radiologists on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning -- 21.5 Level of Knowledge of Technologists and Medical Radiologists on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Radiology. ; 21.5.1 Viewpoints of AI in Medical Imaging -- 21.5.2 Study Findings -- 21.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part V Demography and Society -- 22 A Topological Approach of Clustering -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Topological Context -- 22.2.1 Reference Adjacency Matrices -- 22.2.2 Topological Equivalence -- 22.2.3 Topological Analysis: Selective Review -- 22.3 Illustrative Example -- 22.4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 23 Semantic Integration of Data: From Theory to Social Research Practice -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 Terminology and Research Methodology -- 23.3 Conceptualising Digital Leisure -- 23.4 Ontology Construction -- 23.5 Conclusions -- References -- 24 To Read on Not to Read? Examining the Relation Between Students' Well-Being and Their Attitude Towards Reading -- 24.1 Introduction -- 24.2 The Survey's Identity and Preliminary Analysis -- 24.3 Examining the Association Between Students' Positive Feelings and Their Attitude Towards Reading -- 24.4 Conclusions and Further Discussion -- References -- 25 The Demographic, Social and Regional "Profile" of Peoples' Perceptions of Their Social Class: Evidence from the Seventh Wave of the World Values Survey, 2017 -2020 -- 25.1 Introduction -- 25.2 Method -- 25.2.1 Procedure and Participants -- 25.2.2 Background Variables -- 25.2.3 Statistical Analyses -- 25.3 Results -- 25.3.1 The Demographic and Social "Profile" of Social Class Perceptions -- 25.3.2 The Regional "Profile" of Social Class Perceptions -- 25.4 Conclusions -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Quantitative Demography and Health Estimates
• ISBN: 3-031-28697-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910739430903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Series