Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast
Research Insights
Research Insights, hosted by R. Dale Hall, FSA, MAAA, CERA, Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute and occasional guest hosts, highlights Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute research. The podcasts include recently released research reports, research featured at SOA meetings, and other related items produced by SOA research.
Episodes
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Jun 12, 2017 • 13min
Research Insights - Expanding the Human Mortality Database to include Cause‐of‐Death Information
This podcast discusses the recently released report describing the Human Mortality Database, a unique open‐access collection of detailed mortality and population data for 38 countries with complete and reliable vital registration and census data. This report overviews the development and completion of the HMD data series down to a cause of death level for an initial set of eight populations: Canada, Czech Republic, England and Wales, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. For further information please find the report here: https://www.soa.org/research-reports/2017/2017-hmd-cause-of-death/
Jun 6, 2017 • 11min
Research Insights - Opioid Overdose Deaths in the United States
This podcast discusses the recently released article describing the demographics and geography of the increasing number of opioid deaths in the United States. The article summarizes data available from the Centers for Disease Control. For further information please find the article here: https://www.soa.org/Files/Research/mortality-opioid-deaths.pdf
