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Chapter 2. Survival models.
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Chapter 2. Survival models.
Section 2.3. Force of Mortality.
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Chapter 2. Survival models. Section 2.3. Force of Mortality.
Force of Mortality
Definition 1
The force of mortality of the survival function SX is defined as
µ(x) = -
d
dx
ln SX (x) =
fX (x)

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