Definitions for "Life Table"
A summary of the age- or stage-related survivorship of individuals in a population.
a summary measure of the mortality and survival of a population. Current life tables summarise mortality experience by age of a population at a point in time. Cohort life tables summarise the actual mortality experience of a cohort born at about the same time and followed until all are dead. The e 0 function derived from a life table is the average number of years of life remaining to people who survive to age .
A tabulated statement presenting mortality and survivor characteristics of a given population.
Mathematical models in tabular form showing, among other things, the number of persons who have experienced a certain event such as death, first birth, or a divorce by a specified duration, e.g., since birth, since marriage.