The Life Expectancy Monitoring Tool (life-expectancy.org) to Evaluate Progress towards Mortality Improvements
The Life Expectancy Monitoring Tool (life-expectancy.org) to Evaluate Progress towards Mortality Improvements
Intervenant : Vladimir Canudas-Romo (démographe, professeur et directeur de l'école de démographie ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences) ; discutant : Michel Guillot (directeur de recherche à l'Ined, UR05 : Santé, Mortalité, Épidémiologie & DEMOSUD)
Monitoring changes in health and mortality allows policymakers to prioritize steps toward healthier populations. The effect of reduce the prevalence of certain causes of death can be measured by comparing life expectancy before and after the reduction. For example, the expected number of life years gained by achieving the Sustainable Development Goals or the years lost due to COVID-19, are powerful indicators of the progress or retrocession in the health of populations. The Life Expectancy Monitor dashboard, empowers users to explore the possible changes in life expectancy due to reductions or increases in certain causes of death for any country/population in the world. This instrument will be beneficial for policy and decision-makers aiming to evaluate the potential impacts of targeted interventions for specific public health goals, e.g. the sustainable development goal health targets, in the longevity of populations.
Biographie de Vladimir Canudas-Romo :
Vladimir is interested in aspects of formal demography and the longevity revolution. He has made major contributions to the demographic debates on alternative measures of longevity and the development of decomposition methods to better understand these issues. He has received funding from several organizations in Australia, the EU and the USA, as well as advised on mortality forecasting and analysis the Social Security Administration in the USA, the Danish pension group, the World Bank and the Australian Government Actuary at Treasury. Vladimir’s worked both in Europe and the USA, before moving to the School of Demography at the Australian National University in 2017. He is currently the head of the School of Demography.