Errors as a primary cause of late-life mortality deceleration and plateaus (original) (raw)
Fig 3
Reduced LLMDs in populations with better population data and higher vital statistics coverage.
The rate of LLMD (y-axis) is linked to differences in (a) the fraction of the population with death certificates, (b) the fraction of the population with birth certificates, (c) per capita gross domestic product, and (d) levels of population development (Bonferroni-corrected pairwise t test; asterisks indicate p < 0.001). In populations with continuous records of late-life mortality (e), mortality deceleration rates have fallen by 25% since 1950, alongside gains in civil registration rates (N = 55). Underlying data can be found in S3 Data. LLMD, late-life mortality deceleration.