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  • Mortality at Ages 65 and Over in a Middle-Class Population
    Middle-Class Population This paper examines the effects of selection procedures used in epidemiologic ... standard ordinary insurance risks at the older ages. The experience in this paper was developed ...

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    • Authors: Francisco Bayo, Esther Portnoy, Richard T Schwartz, Courtland C Smith, Edward A. Lew, Lawrence Garfinkel
    • Date: Oct 1984
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality
  • Crossover in Mortality Rates by Sex
    'crossover' of mortality rates, with female rates exceeding male rates beyond some age around 100. The purpose ... purpose of this paper is to develop some statistical tests for the significance of observed crossovers. From ...

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    • Authors: Esther Portnoy
    • Date: Oct 1986
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality
  • Survival Analysis with Disinformation
    Disinformation By disinformation we mean the inclusion of data that should not be considered in a study ... In this paper we discuss a case in which the presence of disinformation was clear, but it was not possible ...

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    • Authors: Esther Portnoy
    • Date: Sep 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics