Health, Epidemiology & Mortality
Actuarial Science & Demography
Max Planck Institute & UC Berkeley
Human Mortality Database (HMD)
Life tables, cohort survival analysis, mortality rate modeling (Lee-Carter method).
📊 Overview
Platform: Human Mortality Database (HMD)
Domain: Actuarial Science & Demography
Maintained by: Max Planck Institute & UC Berkeley
📥 Access & Resources
Access and formats:
Text files, CSV
R wrapper package:
HMDHFDplus
Python wrapper package:
requests
🎯 Teaching & Analysis
Life tables, cohort survival analysis, mortality rate modeling (Lee-Carter method).
Use this dataset to
- Download life tables and mortality rates
- Compare cohort and period mortality patterns
- Estimate survival and demographic models
- Teach actuarial and population-analysis methods