BRIDGE OF LIFE: ANIMATIONS

described

in the article
Cultural imagery and statistical models of the force of mortality: Addison, Gompertz and Pearson.
Turner EL and Hanley JA.     J. R. Statist. Soc. A (2010) 173, Part 3, pp. 483-499.

and in various presentations, e.g.,
presentation by JH to the Statistical Society of Montreal

BRIDGES OF LIFE -- after Addison, 1711

If your OS allows it, the following lifetables can be animated using the java app. This R code provides another (albeit slower) way:

* Sweden, Female, 1751-1851 (cohort)

      frames/second:   1   5   15   25   100       or ...   screenshot

* England, Male, 1871-1880 (current)

      frames/second:   1   5   15   25   100     or   screenshot or .mov

* France, 1895 (current)     Male  

* France, 1895-2004 (cohort)     Male   Female  

* Switzerland, 1895-2004 (cohort)     Male   Female  

* Canada, Female, 2000-2002 (current)

      frames/second:   1   5   15   25   100       or ...   screenshot

 

* PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics (1970-2002)

      frames/second:   5   25  

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BRIDGES OF LIFE -- after Pearson, 1897

* England, Male, 1871-1880 (current)

      frames/second:   1   5   15   25   .mov   100   500   .mov   2500  


Updated: Jan 30, 2011