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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

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[[en-II:life table for selected heads]] [[ar-II:جداول حياة لفئة مختارة]] [[cs-II:úmrtnostní tabulka, pro vybrané skupiny]] [[de-II:Sterbetafel]] [[es-II:poblaciones seleccionadas]] [[fr-II:table de mortalité de têtes choisies]] [[it-II:tavole di mortalità per gruppi scelti]] [[ja-II:特定グループの生命表]] [[pt-II:tábua de vida selecionada]] [[ru-II:Таблицы смертности отдельных групп]] [[zh-II:特定人员生命表]]  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 5 February 2010

Life table for selected heads  (LIFE table for selected heads)


A complete life table 1 is usually one in which the values of the life table functions (432-2) are given in single years of age. An abridged life table 2 is one in which most functions are given only for certain pivotal ages, frequently spaced at five or ten year intervals after infancy; intermediate values for the functions are usually obtained by some form of interpolation (151-7). The term life table for selected heads 3 is used to refer to a life table relating to the experience of a number of specially selected individuals, such as the clients of a life insurance company, in opposition to general life tables 4 which relate the experience of a whole population (101-4). Life tables are generally presented on a sex-specific basis although on occasion they are presented for both sexes. A life table which is based only upon the generalization of empirical relationships is called a model life table 5. More...