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Life table — 2003 US mortality table, Table 1, Page 1 In actuarial science, a life table (also called a mortality table or actuarial 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 … Wikipedia
life table — an actuarial presentation of the ages at which a group of males and/or females will die and from which mean life expectancy at any age can be estimated, based on the assumption that mortality patterns current at the time of preparation of the… … Medical dictionary
Life expectancy — This article is about the measure of remaining life. For the Dean Koontz novel, see Life Expectancy (novel). For List of countries by life expectancy, see List of countries by life expectancy. Life expectancy is the expected (in the statistical… … Wikipedia
Cohort (statistics) — For other senses of this word, see cohort (disambiguation). In statistics and demography, a cohort is a group of subjects who have shared a particular time together during a particular time span[1] (e.g., people born in Europe between 1918 and… … Wikipedia
Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ — Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ In the following paragraphs we shall endeavour to establish the absolute and relative chronology of our Lord s life, i.e. we shall … Catholic encyclopedia
Medical analysis of circumcision — Numerous medical studies have examined the effects of male circumcision with mixed opinions regarding the benefits and risks of the procedure. Opponents of circumcision say it is medically unnecessary, is unethical when performed on newborns, is… … Wikipedia
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Actuarial science — are professionals who are qualified in this field through examinations and experience. Actuarial science includes a number of interrelating subjects, including probability and statistics, finance, and economics. Historically, actuarial science… … Wikipedia
population ecology — Introduction study of the processes that affect the distribution and abundance of animal and plant populations. A population is a subset of individuals of one species that occupies a particular geographic area and, in sexually… … Universalium
Mortality rate — Crude death rate by country Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of… … Wikipedia
