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Life Tables: Example Three


    
                     
      United States males, 1900 (Historical Statistics of the U.S.)
                                                                    
       age          q        l        d         L           T      e
        0     0.16438  100,000   16,438    85,206   4,555,838   45.6
       1-4    0.07877   83,562    6,582   321,084   4,470,632   53.5
       5-14   0.03729   76,980    2,871   755,445   4,149,548   53.9
      15-24   0.05731   74,109    4,247   719,855   3,394,103   45.8
      25-34   0.07877   69,862    5,503   671,105   2,674,248   38.3
      35-44   0.10157   64,359    6,537   610,905   2,003,143   31.1
      45-54   0.14557   57,822    8,417   536,135   1,392,238   24.1
      55-64   0.25098   49,405   12,400   432,050     856,103   17.3
      65-74   0.45739   37,005   16,926   285,420     424,053   11.5
      75-84   0.78160   20,079   15,694   122,320     138,633    6.9
       85+    1.00000    4,385    4,385    16,313      16,313    3.7