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Life table

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001073

A statistical table that follows a hypothetical cohort of 100,000 people born at the same time as they progress through successive ages, with the cohort reduced from one age to the next according to a set of death rates by age until all people eventually die.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001073
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoCoale-Demeny model life tables; Crude death rate; Death rate; Life expectancy at birth; UN model life tables
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001073",
  "term": "Life table",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A statistical table that follows a hypothetical cohort of 100,000 people born at the same time as they progress through successive ages, with the cohort reduced from one age to the next according to a set of death rates by age until all people eventually die.",
  "see_also": [
    "Coale-Demeny model life tables",
    "Crude death rate",
    "Death rate",
    "Life expectancy at birth",
    "UN model life tables"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/life-table/"
}

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