Assessment and Mapping of Spatio-Temporal Variations in Human Mortality-Related Parameters at European Scale
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Methodology
3. Results
3.1. Infant Mortality (Parameter Θ)
3.2. Population Aging (Parameter Ξ)
3.3. Individual Unexpected Mortality (Parameter Κ)
3.4. Population Mortality due to Hazardous Events (Parameter Λ)
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Classes | Standard Deviations | |
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Males | Females | |
Low | <−0.5 std | <−0.5 std |
Moderate | −0.5–0.5 std | −0.5–0.5 std |
High | 0.5–1.5 std | > 0.5 std |
Very high | >1.5 std | – |
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Andreopoulos, P.; Polykretis, C.; Tragaki, A. Assessment and Mapping of Spatio-Temporal Variations in Human Mortality-Related Parameters at European Scale. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2020, 9, 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090547
Andreopoulos P, Polykretis C, Tragaki A. Assessment and Mapping of Spatio-Temporal Variations in Human Mortality-Related Parameters at European Scale. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2020; 9(9):547. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090547
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndreopoulos, Panagiotis, Christos Polykretis, and Alexandra Tragaki. 2020. "Assessment and Mapping of Spatio-Temporal Variations in Human Mortality-Related Parameters at European Scale" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9, no. 9: 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090547