Gompertz hypothesis

Gompertz hypothesis

a hypothesis suggesting that the probability of human mortality increases exponentially with age in a geometric proportion, doubling every 8 years, between the ages of 20 and 80. Also called Gompertz equation. [Benjamin Gompertz]

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