Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher
Biographic Data
| ID | 248971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie-Pier |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergeron-Boucher |
| SIGNATURE | BERGERON-BOUCHER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7383-3175 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Modeling and Forecasting Healthy Life Expectancy With Compositional Data Analysis
Will the extra years of life gained by the increase in life expectancy be lived in good or poor health? Because forecasts support social, economic, and medical decisions, as well as individuals’ choices, there is a clear rationale for forecasting healthy life expectancy (HLE). However, only a limited number of models are available to forecast HLE. We suggest two models to forecast health and mortality simultaneously and coherently. One model is b…
A modal age at death approach to forecasting adult mortality
Recent studies have shown that there are some advantages to forecasting mortality with indicators other than age-specific death rates. The mean, median, and modal ages at death can be directly estimated from the age-at-death distribution, as can information on lifespan variation. The modal age at death has been increasing linearly since the second half of the twentieth century, providing a strong basis from which to extrapolate past trends. The a…
Forecasting Inequalities in Survival to Retirement Age by Socioeconomic Status in Denmark and Sweden
In Denmark and Sweden, statutory retirement age is indexed to life expectancy to account for mortality improvements in their populations. However, mortality improvements have not been uniform across different sub-populations. Notably, in both countries, individuals of lower socioeconomic status (SES) have experienced slower mortality improvements. As a result, a uniform rise in the statutory retirement age could disproportionally affect these low…
Longevity à la mode
BACKGROUND The modal age at death (or mode) is an important indicator of longevity associated with different mortality regularities. Accurate estimates of the mode are essential, but existing methods are not always able to provide them. OBJECTIVE Our objective is to develop a method to estimate the modal age at death, which is purely based on its mathematical properties. METHODS The mode maximizes the density of the age-at-death distribution. In …
Space Media
This article proposes the notion of space media as a way of defining media that connect humans with outer space. It is suggested that six areas related to contemporary media theory are particularly relevant to understanding space media: epistemology, anthropogenesis, planetary mediums, infrastructure, imaginaries, and remains. The article further suggests that the field of media studies needs to take account of outer space and, as a result, alter…
Outsurvival as a measure of the inequality of lifespans between two populations
Inequality in lifespans between two populations, e.g., males and females or people with low and high socioeconomic status, is a focus of demographic, economic, and sociological research and of public policy analysis. Such inequality is usually measured by
Diversification in causes of death in low-mortality countries
INTRODUCTION: An important role of public health organisations is to monitor indicators of variation, so as to disclose underlying inequality in health improvement. In industrialised societies, more individuals than ever are reaching older ages and have become more homogeneous in their age at death. This has led to a decrease in lifespan variation, with substantial implications for the reduction of health inequalities. We focus on a new form of v…
Understanding Differences in Cancer Survival between Populations
Large variations in cancer survival have been recorded between populations, e.g., between countries or between regions in a country. To understand the determinants of cancer survival differentials between populations, researchers have often applied regression analysis. We here propose the use of a non-parametric decomposition method to quantify the exact contribution of specific components to the absolute difference in cancer survival between two…
The impact of the choice of life table statistics when forecasting mortality
Different ways to forecast mortality have been suggested, with many forecasting models based on the extrapolation of age-speciï¬ c death rates. Recent studies, however, have looked into forecasting models based on other mortality indicators, such as life exp
Coherent forecasts of mortality with compositional data analysis
Mortality trends for subpopulations, e.g., countries in a region or provinces in a country, tend to change similarly over time. However, when forecasting subpopulations independently, the forecast mortality trends often diverge. These divergent trends emer
Decomposing changes in life expectancy
Background : In most developed countries, mortality reductions in the first half of the 20th century were highly associated with changes in lifespan disparities. In the second half of the 20th century, changes in mortality are best described by a shift in the mortality schedule, with lifespan variability remaining nearly constant. These successive mortality dynamics are known as compression and shifting mortality, respectively. Objective : To und…
Decomposing changes in life expectancy
Background : In most developed countries, mortality reductions in the first half of the 20th century were highly associated with changes in lifespan disparities. In the second half of the 20th century, changes in mortality are best described by a shift in the mortality schedule, with lifespan variability remaining nearly constant. These successive mortality dynamics are known as compression and shifting mortality, respectively. Objective : To und…
Coherent forecasts of mortality with compositional data analysis
Mortality trends for subpopulations, e.g., countries in a region or provinces in a country, tend to change similarly over time. However, when forecasting subpopulations independently, the forecast mortality trends often diverge. These divergent trends emer
Outsurvival as a measure of the inequality of lifespans between two populations
Inequality in lifespans between two populations, e.g., males and females or people with low and high socioeconomic status, is a focus of demographic, economic, and sociological research and of public policy analysis. Such inequality is usually measured by
The impact of the choice of life table statistics when forecasting mortality
Different ways to forecast mortality have been suggested, with many forecasting models based on the extrapolation of age-speciï¬ c death rates. Recent studies, however, have looked into forecasting models based on other mortality indicators, such as life exp
A modal age at death approach to forecasting adult mortality
Recent studies have shown that there are some advantages to forecasting mortality with indicators other than age-specific death rates. The mean, median, and modal ages at death can be directly estimated from the age-at-death distribution, as can information on lifespan variation. The modal age at death has been increasing linearly since the second half of the twentieth century, providing a strong basis from which to extrapolate past trends. The a…
Decomposing changes in life expectancy
Background : In most developed countries, mortality reductions in the first half of the 20th century were highly associated with changes in lifespan disparities. In the second half of the 20th century, changes in mortality are best described by a shift in the mortality schedule, with lifespan variability remaining nearly constant. These successive mortality dynamics are known as compression and shifting mortality, respectively. Objective : To und…
Coherent forecasts of mortality with compositional data analysis
Mortality trends for subpopulations, e.g., countries in a region or provinces in a country, tend to change similarly over time. However, when forecasting subpopulations independently, the forecast mortality trends often diverge. These divergent trends emer
Understanding Differences in Cancer Survival between Populations
Large variations in cancer survival have been recorded between populations, e.g., between countries or between regions in a country. To understand the determinants of cancer survival differentials between populations, researchers have often applied regression analysis. We here propose the use of a non-parametric decomposition method to quantify the exact contribution of specific components to the absolute difference in cancer survival between two…
The impact of the choice of life table statistics when forecasting mortality
Different ways to forecast mortality have been suggested, with many forecasting models based on the extrapolation of age-speciï¬ c death rates. Recent studies, however, have looked into forecasting models based on other mortality indicators, such as life exp
Diversification in causes of death in low-mortality countries
INTRODUCTION: An important role of public health organisations is to monitor indicators of variation, so as to disclose underlying inequality in health improvement. In industrialised societies, more individuals than ever are reaching older ages and have become more homogeneous in their age at death. This has led to a decrease in lifespan variation, with substantial implications for the reduction of health inequalities. We focus on a new form of v…
Space Media
This article proposes the notion of space media as a way of defining media that connect humans with outer space. It is suggested that six areas related to contemporary media theory are particularly relevant to understanding space media: epistemology, anthropogenesis, planetary mediums, infrastructure, imaginaries, and remains. The article further suggests that the field of media studies needs to take account of outer space and, as a result, alter…
Outsurvival as a measure of the inequality of lifespans between two populations
Inequality in lifespans between two populations, e.g., males and females or people with low and high socioeconomic status, is a focus of demographic, economic, and sociological research and of public policy analysis. Such inequality is usually measured by
Forecasting Inequalities in Survival to Retirement Age by Socioeconomic Status in Denmark and Sweden
In Denmark and Sweden, statutory retirement age is indexed to life expectancy to account for mortality improvements in their populations. However, mortality improvements have not been uniform across different sub-populations. Notably, in both countries, individuals of lower socioeconomic status (SES) have experienced slower mortality improvements. As a result, a uniform rise in the statutory retirement age could disproportionally affect these low…
Longevity à la mode
BACKGROUND The modal age at death (or mode) is an important indicator of longevity associated with different mortality regularities. Accurate estimates of the mode are essential, but existing methods are not always able to provide them. OBJECTIVE Our objective is to develop a method to estimate the modal age at death, which is purely based on its mathematical properties. METHODS The mode maximizes the density of the age-at-death distribution. In …
Modeling and Forecasting Healthy Life Expectancy With Compositional Data Analysis
Will the extra years of life gained by the increase in life expectancy be lived in good or poor health? Because forecasts support social, economic, and medical decisions, as well as individuals’ choices, there is a clear rationale for forecasting healthy life expectancy (HLE). However, only a limited number of models are available to forecast HLE. We suggest two models to forecast health and mortality simultaneously and coherently. One model is b…
A modal age at death approach to forecasting adult mortality
Recent studies have shown that there are some advantages to forecasting mortality with indicators other than age-specific death rates. The mean, median, and modal ages at death can be directly estimated from the age-at-death distribution, as can information on lifespan variation. The modal age at death has been increasing linearly since the second half of the twentieth century, providing a strong basis from which to extrapolate past trends. The a…
Demography (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Global Health Care Issues (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Econometrics (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works)