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Coale-Demeny West Model Life Tables

Source: R/datasets.R
west_lifetab.Rd

Life table quantities from the "West" family of Coale-Demeny model life tables.

Usage

west_lifetab

Format

A data frame with 1,050 rows and the following variables:

  • level Index for life table. Lower level implies lower life expectancy.

  • sex "Female", and "Male".

  • age Age, in life table age groups, with an open age group of 95+.

  • mx Mortality rate.

  • ax Average years lived in age interval by people who die in that interval.

  • qx Probability some alive at start of age interval dies during interval.

  • lx Number of people still alive at start of age interval.

  • dx Number of people dying during age interval.

  • Lx Number of person-years lived during age interval.

  • ex Expectation of life at start of age interval.

Source

Coale A, Demeny P, and Vaughn B. 1983. Regional model life tables and stable populations. 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press, accessed via demogR::cdmltw().