BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1627111
This article is part of the Research TopicExploring Longevity: Insights and Research on Human Lifespan and HealthspanView all 7 articles
The Strehler-Mildvan Correlation as a Valuable Tool for Monitoring the Long-Term Health Status of a Population
Provisionally accepted
- University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czechia
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The increase in the logarithm of mortality with age from 40 years onward can be described by a Gompertz linear relationship with two parameters. The long-term relationship between these two parameters can itself be described by another linear relationship known as the Strehler–Mildvan (SM) correlation. Long-term data from three countries were evaluated in the context of the SM correlation. The earliest available periods were 1751 1754 for Sweden, 1816 1819 for France, and 1850 1854 for the Netherlands, while the most recent periods were 2020 2021 for France and the Netherlands, and 2020 2023 for Sweden. The best agreement with the SM model was observed in Sweden, and the weakest in France. While the SM correlation model generally describes long-term trends well, it can be significantly disrupted over shorter calendar periods. If we view the population as a dynamic system, then large short-term shocks—such as World War I—can temporarily break the SM correlation. Over time, however, the system tends to return to an equilibrium state in which the SM model becomes applicable again.
Keywords: Public Health, Mortality rate, Aging, Strehler-Mildvan correlation, calendar years
Received: 16 May 2025; Accepted: 15 Sep 2025.
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* Correspondence: Josef Dolejs, josef.dolejs@uhk.cz
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