Demographic Research Laboratory

Life Tables: Example One

                      
                        
      United States males, 1988 (Statistical Abstract, 1990)
                                                                    
       age          q        l        d         L           T      e
        0     0.01116  100,000    1,116    98,996   7,145,206   71.5
       1-4    0.00224   98,884      222   395,092   7,046,210   71.3
       5-14   0.00310   98,662      306   985,090   6,651,118   67.4
      15-24   0.01528   98,357    1,503   976,055   5,666,028   57.6
      25-34   0.01941   96,854    1,880   959,140   4,689,973   48.4
      35-44   0.02917   94,974    2,770   935,890   3,730,833   39.3
      45-54   0.06173   92,203    5,692   893,570   2,794,943   30.3
      55-64   0.15020   86,512   12,994   800,150   1,901,373   22.0
      65-74   0.30386   73,518   22,339   623,485   1,101,223   15.0
      75-84   0.58372   51,179   29,874   362,420     477,738    9.3
       85+    1.00000   21,305   21,305   115,318     115,318    5.4