life-expectancy
life-expectancy The number of further years of life a person can expect at a given age. The measure is calculated from a
life-table, and since it is expressed as an average for persons of that age and sex in a country, depends upon prevailing (current) levels of mortality at different ages within the population or sub-population to which the individual belongs. Since, in all societies,
mortality rates between birth and the first birthday tend to be particularly high, life-expectancies at birth are usually considerably lower than life-expectancies at year one. As one would expect from variations in mortality rates between countries, life-expectancies also vary considerably, being around 30 to 40 years at birth in certain developing countries, and reaching 75 and over for women in the major Western industrialized societies. Life-expectancy at birth is a widely used indicator of health standards and social and economic living standards. It is also possible to derive life-expectancies for different sub-groups of populations, for example different social classes, providing mortality rates are known.
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INDUSTRY CANADA: Mortality rates in census me metropolitan areas -- 1994-1996.
M2 Presswire; 8/19/1999; 700+ words
; ...19 August 1999-INDUSTRY CANADA: Mortality rates in census metropolitan areas -- 1994...metropolitan areas (CMAs) shows that mortality rates among residents in major urban centres...For the 1994-1996 period, overall mortality rates calculated for all causes of death...
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Reconsidering mortality compression and deceleration: An alternative model of mortality rates
Magazine article from: Demography; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...not rely heavily on mortality rates at the very oldest...It is known that mortality rates are higher for males...Golini 1975). Although life expectancy is increasing...implies a wide gap in mortality rates between males and females...
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Why do breast cancer mortality rates vary across states?
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...state variations in breast cancer mortality rates the reasons for such differences remain...was to confirm whether breast cancer mortality rates are significantly different by state...determine predictors of high versus low mortality rates. State-level variation in breast...
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Alcohol Factors in Suicide Mortality Rates in Manitoba
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...alcohol-related factors that influence mortality rates from suicide. Method: We examined...on total, male and female suicide mortality rates in Manitoba during 1976 to 1997...positively related to female suicide mortality rates. Spirits and wine were positively...
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Alcohol consumption, alcoholics anonymous membership, and suicide mortality rates, Ontario, 1968-1991 *.
Magazine article from: Journal of Studies on Alcohol; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...population alcohol consumption levels and mortality rates from a large number of causes (Babor...relationship between alcohol consumption and mortality rates may be affected by beverage type and...2000) reported that cirrhosis mortality rates were most strongly related to distilled...
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Crime and destiny: patterns in serious offenders' mortality rates.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...crime as a way of life is severely undermined...will exhibit higher mortality rates, whatever the particular...traits, the gap in mortality rates between offenders...constant throughout the life course. Evidence that mortality rates increase over time...
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A Bivariate bayes method for improving the estimates of mortality rates with a twofold conditional autoregressive model.
Magazine article from: Journal of the American Statistical Association; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...method is proposed for estimating the mortality rates of a single disease for a given population...sizes. The relationship between the mortality rates of the two different diseases if formulated...Carlo methods are used to estimate mortality rates. 1. INTRODUCTION During the past...
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An analysis of infant mortality rates in the U.S.(Anthology)
Magazine article from: Atlantic Economic Journal; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...predictors of infant mortality rates (defined as the number...in the first year of life compared with the number...statewide average infant mortality rates (IMR) [Health...poverty rates and infant mortality rates (p = .056). The...
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State variation in mortality rates due to later stage at presentation.(breast cancer)
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 4/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...NewsRx.net) -- State variation in mortality rates was due to later stage at presentation...state variations in breast cancer mortality rates, the reasons for such differences...was to confirm whether breast cancer mortality rates are significantly different by state...
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State variation in mortality rates due to later stage at presentation.(breast cancer mortality)
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 4/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...NewsRx.net) -- State variation in mortality rates was due to later stage at presentation...state variations in breast cancer mortality rates, the reasons for such differences...was to confirm whether breast cancer mortality rates are significantly different by state...
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Life Expectancy
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...five can expect to live. Life expectancy statistics are very useful...important to interpret data on life expectancy correctly. If it reported that life expectancy at birth in a given...population in 2000 would have a life expectancy at birth of 75 years, if they live ...
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Life Expectancy and Life Tables
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
LIFE EXPECTANCY AND LIFE TABLES A life table converts...distribution of ages at death is called life expectancy (i.e., expectation of life at...synthetic, cohort. Comparing values of life expectancy from different period life tables is...
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life-expectancy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
life-expectancy The number of...high, life-expectancies at birth are...lower than life-expectancies at year one...countries, life-expectancies also vary considerably...societies. Life-expectancy at birth is a...
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life expectancy
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
life ex·pec·tan·cy • n. the average period that a person may expect to live.
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Longevity: Social Aspects
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and...twentieth century the life expectancy of Americans increased...twentieth century, life expectancies were volatile. For...7 years in 1998. Life expectancy in the...whites have higher life ...
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