Excessive mortality of young adults: a natural trait?

By Carlo Giovanni Camarda, Docteur, spécialiste des méthodes de prévision (mortalité, longévité, etc.), Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Adrien Remund, Docteur, spécialiste des migrations et en démographie historique, University of Groningen
Timothy Riffe, Docteur, spécialiste en santé des populations, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

The risk of dying changes over the course of a lifetime. Very high at birth, it falls and then gradually rises again… except for a peak after adolescence. Why such a statistical anomaly?

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