life table

Sociology

(noun)

In actuarial science and demography, a life table is a table which shows, for each age, what the probability is that a person of that age will die before his or her next birthday ("probability of death").

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Biology

(noun)

a demographic tool which shows a population's life expectancy and mortality within age groups

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Examples of life table in the following topics:

  • The Study of Population Dynamics

    • Demography, or the study of population dynamics, is studied using tools such as life tables and survivorship curves.
    • These demographic characteristics are often displayed in the form of a life table.
    • The tables are modeled after actuarial tables used by the insurance industry for estimating human life expectancy.
    • Life tables may include:
    • Distinguish between life tables and survivorship curves as used in demography

  • History

    • Some early mathematicians developed primitive forms of life tables, which are tables of life expectancies, for life insurance and actuarial purposes.

  • Still Life Painting

    • Still life painting flourished during the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic.
    • Food of all textures, colors, and shapes—silver cutlery, intricate patterns, and subtle folds in table cloths and flowers—all challenged painters.
    • Virtually all still lifes had a moralistic message, usually concerning the brevity of life.
    • Bosschaert was an early still life painter who established a dynasty of flower painters.
    • Discuss themes and attributes of 17th century Dutch still life painting

  • The Periodic Table

    • The periodic table is a means of organizing the various elements according to similar physical and chemical properties.
    • Together they form an ionic compound, NaCl, or table salt, that is safely consumed by humans everyday.
    • Life is an example of an emergent property that arises from the specific collection of molecules found in cells.
    • The different elements are organized and displayed in the periodic table.
    • The periodic table shows the atomic mass and atomic number of each element.

  • Chi-Square Probability Table

    • Areas in the chi-square table always refer to the right tail.

  • Homework

    • Go to The Table of Contents 14.
    • Fill in the above table, rounding to two decimal places.
    • The results are shown in the tables for Exercises 7 and 8.
    • The second column in each table does not add to 100% because of rounding.
    • He is interested in whether the age of the male and the amount of life insurance purchased are independent events.

  • t Distribution Table

    • T distribution table for 31-100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, and infinity.

  • MLA: Tables

  • APA: Tables

  • 95% Critical Values of the Sample Correlation Coefficient Table