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Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals

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  • Iliana Kohler

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Samuel Preston

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Laurie Bingaman Lackey

    (International Species Information System (ISIS))

Abstract

We present life tables by single year of age and sex for groups of animals and for 42 individual mostly mammalian species. Data are derived from the International Species Information System. The survivorship of most of these species has never been mapped systematically. We demonstrate that, in most of the groups, female survivorship significantly exceeds that of males above age five. Wild-born animals do not have mortality that differs significantly from captive-born animals. While most species have mortality that rises with age above the juvenile stage, there are several groups for which the age pattern of mortality is nearly level.

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  • Iliana Kohler & Samuel Preston & Laurie Bingaman Lackey, 2006. "Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 15(14), pages 413-434.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:15:y:2006:i:14
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.14
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    1. Berrut, Sylvie & Pouillard, Violette & Richmond, Peter & Roehner, Bertrand M., 2016. "Deciphering infant mortality," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 463(C), pages 400-426.
    2. Bois, Alex & Garcia-Roger, Eduardo M. & Hong, Elim & Hutzler, Stefan & Irannezhad, Ali & Mannioui, Abdelkrim & Richmond, Peter & Roehner, Bertrand M. & Tronche, Stéphane, 2019. "Infant mortality across species. A global probe of congenital abnormalities," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 535(C).
    3. Richmond, Peter & Roehner, Bertrand M. & Irannezhad, Ali & Hutzler, Stefan, 2021. "Mortality: A physics perspective," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 566(C).
    4. Mark R. Cullen & Michael Baiocchi & Karen Eggleston & Pooja Loftus & Victor Fuchs, 2015. "The Weaker Sex? Vulnerable Men, Resilient Women, and Variations in Sex Differences in Mortality since 1900," NBER Working Papers 21114, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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    Keywords

    mortality; longevity; survivorship; ISIS;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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