In New Zealand, unusually, Covid-19 has so far improved population mortality. But what does that mean for the future? Continue reading
A tale of two mortality decades – UPDATED
This post updates the tale of New Zealand’s mortality to 2020, the year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Over a century of New Zealand longevity
The rich data set of cohort life tables provided by StatsNZ shows how much population longevity has improved and how variation in lifespans has reduced. Continue reading