LI-CoD Model. From Lifespan Inequality to Causes of Death

The evolution of lifespan disparity is gaining a central role in mortality literature. From the beginning of the new millennium, its evolution has led scholars to give more emphasis to longevity and its relationship with causes-of-death evolution. Following this line of research, we propose a novel model aiming to provide the causes-of-death mortality surface, exploiting the relationship between mortality rates by cause-of-death and lifespan variability. Taking advantage of this relationship, and using data from Human Causes of Death Mortality Data Base, our model is able to reconstruct the mortality surface by causes, using a single value of lifespan inequality as input.