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eindleeftijd

Eindleeftijd, often written as eindleeftijd, is a term used in demography, actuarial science and related fields to denote the age at which observation or classification ends for an individual or a cohort. It represents a boundary value: the maximum age considered in an analysis, or the age at death for persons whose death occurs within the study period. The exact interpretation may vary by context, and in some texts both spellings can be encountered.

In life tables and survival analyses, eindleeftijd serves as the age limit for intervals and calculations.

It is important to distinguish eindleeftijd from life expectancy and from lifespan. Life expectancy measures the

Examples of use include a mortality study that analyzes ages 0–89, setting 89 as the eindleeftijd, or

See also: levensverwachting, levensduur, life table, survival analysis.

It
can
refer
to
the
maximum
age
included
in
a
dataset
or
to
the
age
at
which
a
cohort’s
follow-up
ends.
When
data
extend
beyond
this
point,
researchers
may
apply
truncation,
censoring,
or
designate
a
final
open-ended
interval
(for
example,
100+
years).
average
remaining
years
of
life
for
a
group,
given
age
and
other
factors,
whereas
eindleeftijd
is
a
methodological
boundary
used
to
structure
data
and
analyses.
Lifespan
refers
to
the
actual
length
of
life
of
individuals.
a
study
using
a
100+
open
interval
where
100
marks
the
end
age
for
the
primary
analysis.
In
data
handling,
if
a
participant
is
alive
at
the
eindleeftijd,
their
data
may
be
right-censored
at
that
age
in
survival
models.