Life tables describe the mortality and survival patterns of a population. On the basis of (annual) mortality rates for each age or age group, they provide information on parameters such as the number ...

Recent life tables of male and female populations of the United States demonstrate this in humans, with increasing mortality from about age 30 through age 100 years and — importantly — slowed ...

Table showing how many of 100,000 newborn boys or girls will reach the age of 0.5, 1.5, 2,5 years etc. on the basis of the mortality rate during a given period or birth cohort.