life table

in actuarial science
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14798
Statistical table that follows a hypothetical cohort of \(\pu{100000}\) persons born at the same time as they progress through successive ages, with the cohort reduced from one age to the next according to a set of death rates by age until all persons eventually die.
Notes:
  1. In ecology, fertility for each age class is normally included in the tables.
  2. The life table is used mainly to indicate expectation of life at various ages. However, it also provides information on numbers of individuals who survive to various ages, median age at death, age-specific death rates, and the probability of dying at certain ages.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 905 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'life table' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14798 RIS BibTex EndNote
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