Vital Statistics of the United States, 1993. Preprint of Volume 2, Mortality,Part A, Section 6. Life Tables

摘要

Death rates for a specific period may be summarized by the life table method toobtain measures of comparative longevity. There are two types of life tables--the generation or cohort life table and the current life table. Three series of life tables are prepared by the National Center for Health Statistics--complete, provisional abridged, and final abridged.