causes of mortality during the first five years of life, yazd city, iran (2005-2008)

Causes of Mortality during the First Five Years of Life, Yazd City, Iran (2005-2008)

Causes of Mortality during the First Five Years of Life, Yazd City, Iran (2005-2008)

Dear Editor, Child mortality refers to deaths of children less than five years of age. According to the UNICEF reports in 2010, the number of deaths among children younger than five years old in the world was 7.6 million. Statistics for previous years (1990, 2008 and 2009) were 8.1, 8.8 and 12.4 million respectively. UNICEF reported that the top five causes of child mortality in developing coun...

securitization of mortality risks in life annuities

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...

Years of Life Lost and Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Mortality in Yazd Province, Iran (2004-2009)

BACKGROUND The Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to cancer can be a more illustrative index to promote preventive and therapeutic services, this study aimed to investigate the childhood cancer mortality and its trend over the past few years in Yazd to provide planners with baseline data. MATERIAL AND METHOD Data obtained from death registration system of the healthcare center were used to calculat...

Years of Life Lost and Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Mortality in Yazd Province, Iran (2004-2009)

BackgroundThe Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to cancer can be a more illustrative index. to promote preventive and therapeutic services, this study aimed to investigate the childhood cancer mortality and its trend over the past few years in Yazd to provide planners with baseline data. Material and Method Data obtained from death registration system of the healthcare center were used to calculate ...

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...