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United States Life

Tables by Hispanic

Origin

Data Evaluation and Methods Research

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Health Statistics

Hyattsville, Maryland

October 2010

DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2011–1352
National Center for Health Statistics

Edward J. Sondik, Ph.D., Director

Jennifer H. Madans, Ph.D., Associate Director for Science

Division of Vital Statistics

Charles J. Rothwell, M.S., Director
Contents
 

Abstract ................................................................................................. 1 
 

Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 
 

Background .............................................................................................. 2 
 

The Hispanic Population in the United States ................................................................. 2 
 

Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on U.S. Death Certificates .................................................. 3 
 

Age Misstatement at the Oldest Ages and Use of Medicare Data ................................................. 3 
 

Methods ................................................................................................. 4 
 

Data Used for Calculating Life Table Functions ............................................................... 4 
 

Preliminary Adjustment of the Data ......................................................................... 5 
 

Calculation of the Probability of Dying, qx ................................................................... 6 
 

Probability of Dying at the Oldest Ages for the Non-Hispanic White and Black Populations........................... 7 
 

Probability of Dying at the Oldest Ages for the Hispanic Population .............................................. 7 
 

Calculation of Remaining Life Table Functions for All Groups ................................................... 10 
 

Results .................................................................................................. 10 
 

Life Expectancy by Hispanic Origin and Race ................................................................ 10 
 

Survivorship by Hispanic Origin and Race ................................................................... 12 
 

Discussion ............................................................................................... 13 
 

References ............................................................................................... 14 
 

Figures

1.	 Hispanic to non-Hispanic white age-specific mortality ratios for males: United States, 2006....................... 8 
 

2.	 Hispanic to non-Hispanic white age-specific mortality ratios for females: United States, 2006 ..................... 8 
 

3.	 Male age pattern of mortality: United States, 2006 ........................................................ 9 
 

4.	 Female age pattern of mortality: United States, 2006 ...................................................... 9 
 

5.	 Difference in life expectancy at birth: United States, 2006 .................................................. 11 
 

6.	 Life expectancy at birth, by Hispanic origin, race, and sex: United States, 2006................................. 11 
 

7.	 Percentage surviving, by Hispanic origin, race, age, and sex: United States, 2006 ............................... 13 
 

Text Tables

A.	 Selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by Hispanic origin subgroup and race for the non-Hispanic
 

white and non-Hispanic black populations ............................................................... 2 
 

B.	 Values for F used to adjust for not-stated age based on 2006 mortality data .................................... 5 
 

C.	 Classification ratios by Hispanic origin, race for the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations, age,
 

and sex ........................................................................................... 6 
 

D.	 Births in 2005 and 2006, deaths in 2006 of infants born in 2005 and 2006, and separation factors by Hispanic origin,
 

race for the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations, and sex: United States ...................... 6 
 

E.	 Estimated parameters G and H used for predicting qx from ages 66–130: Non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black
 

populations ........................................................................................ 7 
 

F.	 Estimated Brass relational logit model parameters α and β.................................................. 10 
 

G.	 Expectation of life by age, sex, Hispanic origin, and race for the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black
 

populations: United States, 2006 ....................................................................... 10 
 

H.	 Number surviving by age, sex, Hispanic origin, and race for the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black
 

populations: United States, 2006 ....................................................................... 12 
 

iii
Detailed Tables

1. Life table for the Hispanic population: United States, 2006 ................................................. 16 
 

2. Life table for Hispanic males: United States, 2006 ........................................................ 18 
 

3. Life table for Hispanic females: United States, 2006 ....................................................... 20 
 

4. Life table for the non-Hispanic white population: United States, 2006......................................... 22 
 

5. Life table for non-Hispanic white males: United States, 2006................................................ 24 
 

6. Life table for non-Hispanic white females: United States, 2006 .............................................. 26 
 

7. Life table for the non-Hispanic black population: United States, 2006......................................... 28 
 

8. Life table for non-Hispanic black males: United States, 2006................................................ 30 
 

9. Life table for non-Hispanic black females: United States, 2006 .............................................. 32 
 

iv
Objectives

This report presents complete period

life tables by Hispanic origin, race for the

non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic

black populations, and sex for the United

States based on age-specific death rates

in 2006.

Methods

The methods used to estimate the

probability of death for ages 0–80 for the

Hispanic population and 0–65 for the

non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic

black populations are the same as those

used in annual U.S. life tables since 1997,

with an important modification. Agespecific death rates are first corrected for

racial and ethnic misclassification on U.S.

death certificates. To address the effects of

age misstatement at the oldest ages, the

methodology used to estimate mortality for

ages 66 and over for the non-Hispanic

white and non-Hispanic black populations

is the same as that used to estimate the

annual life tables since 2005. For the

Hispanic population, the probability of

death for ages over 80 is estimated as a

function of non-Hispanic white mortality

with the use of the Brass relational logit

model.

Results

Life expectancy at birth for the total

population in 2006 was 77.7 years; 80.6

years for the Hispanic population, 78.1

years for the non-Hispanic white

population, and 72.9 years for the

non-Hispanic black population. The

Hispanic population has a life expectancy

advantage at birth of 2.5 years over the

non-Hispanic white population and 7.7

years over the non-Hispanic black

population. Although seemingly

paradoxical, these results are consistent

with the findings of numerous studies

which show a Hispanic mortality

advantage despite this population’s lower

socioeconomic status. Nonetheless, the

procedures used in this report to correct

for racial and ethnic misclassification and

age misstatement are not error free and

therefore some of the observed advantage

may still be a function of data artifact. This

report does not address other factors that

may explain the Hispanic mortality

advantage.

Keywords: survival • death rates • 

Hispanic origin • race

United States Life Tables by

Hispanic Origin

by Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D., Division of Vital Statistics

Introduction
 

In 2006, the Hispanic population

represented 15 percent of the total U.S.

population and is the largest ethnic

minority population in the United States,

having surpassed in number the

non-Hispanic black population. As a

result, considerable interest and demand

for the production of reliable vital

statistics for this population, including

mortality measures such as life

expectancy exist. Unfortunately, data

quality problems prevented the

production of reliable U.S. life tables for

this population until now. Specifically,

two data quality issues needed to be

addressed. The first is race and Hispanic

origin misclassification on U.S. death

certificates, which leads to the

underestimation of death rates for

minority populations including the

Hispanic population (1–3). The second

involves the misstatement of age at the

oldest ages in both vital statistics and

census data. Research shows that age

misstatement leads to underestimates of

mortality at the oldest ages (4,5). The

latest research on the quality of race and

Hispanic origin classification on U.S.

death certificates shows that

classification has improved for the

Hispanic population and relatively minor

adjustments are required to correct for

the effects of misclassification (2,3).

Moreover, recent research on Hispanic

mortality patterns has produced

information that can be used to address

the problem of age misstatement at the

oldest ages for this population.

This report presents complete period

life tables for the total Hispanic

population in 2006, based on a new

methodology that addresses the data

issues that previously prevented the

estimation of reliable life tables for this

population. For comparison, complete

period life tables are also estimated for

the non-Hispanic white and nonHispanic black populations. The

methods used to estimate the probability

of death for ages 0–80 for the Hispanic

population and 0–65 for the nonHispanic white and non-Hispanic black

populations are the same as those used

in annual U.S. life tables since 1997,

with an important modification.

Age-specific death rates are first

corrected for racial and ethnic

misclassification on U.S. death

certificates. The correction factors used

are classification ratios that reflect the

net difference in assignment of a

specific race and Hispanic origin

category between vital registration and

census population classification systems

(2,3). These classification ratios were

The author is grateful to Professors Irma Elo and Samuel H. Preston, Department of Sociology,

University of Pennsylvania, and Professor Alberto Palloni, Department of Sociology, University of

Wisconsin-Madison, for their review of the methodology and their insightful comments and suggestions.

The author is also grateful for the helpful comments provided by Robert N. Anderson, Mortality Statistics

Branch (MSB), Division of Vital Statistics (DVS); Julia Holmes, DVS; and Jennifer Madans, Office of the

Center Director. This report was prepared under the general direction of Charles J. Rothwell, Director,

DVS, and Robert N. Anderson, Chief, MSB. Content review was provided by Betzaida Tejada-Vera, MSB.

This report was edited by Betsy M. Finley and Demarius V. Miller, CDC/NCHM/Division of Creative

Services, Writer-Editor Services Branch; typeset by Annette F. Holman, and graphics produced by Odell D.

Eldridge (Contractor), CDC/OSELS/NCHS/OD/Office of Information Services, Information Design and

Publishing Staff.

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generated from a comparison of

self-reported race and ethnicity on the

Current Population Survey (CPS) to

proxy reported race and ethnicity on the

death certificates of linked CPS-death

certificate records for a sample of CPS

respondents (2,3). While these ratios

represent the most current and robust

measures of racial and ethnic

misclassification on U.S. death

certificates to date, they are not error

free. Further, they do not correct for the

possibility that some Hispanic deaths

may be missed in the U.S. vital statistics

system as a result of the return

migration of foreign born Hispanic

persons. It is important to note however

that there is no conclusive evidence in

support of a data artifact effect resulting

from return migration.

To address the effects of age

misstatement at the oldest ages, the

methodology used to estimate mortality

for ages 66 and over for the nonHispanic white and non-Hispanic black

populations is the same as that used to

estimate the annual life tables since

2005 for the total population and the

populations classified by race as white

or black. For the Hispanic population,

the probability of death for ages over 80

is estimated as a function of nonHispanic white mortality with the use of

the Brass relational logit model. As will

be discussed thoroughly, it was not

possible to use the same methodology to

estimate mortality at the oldest ages for

the Hispanic population as was used for

the non-Hispanic white and nonHispanic black populations because of

the lack of reliable Medicare data for

the former.

Background

The Hispanic Population in

the United States

According to the American

Community Survey, persons selfidentified as Hispanic numbered

approximately 45.4 million and

represented 15.1 percent of the total

U.S. population in 2007 (Table A). The

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) standards on the collection of

racial and ethnic information defines

‘‘Hispanic’’ as ‘‘a person of Cuban,

Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central

American, or other Spanish culture or

origin, regardless of race’’ (6). As a

result, it is a diverse population,

although the overwhelming majority

(64.5 percent) is of Mexican origin. The

other groups in order of size are: Puerto

Rican (9.1 percent), Central American

(7.9 percent), ‘‘other’’ Hispanic

(5.7 percent), South American

(5.6 percent), Cuban (3.5 percent),

Dominican (2.8 percent), and Spaniard

(1.0 percent). The ‘‘other’’ group

includes persons who did not provide a

country of origin. A review of the

ancestry of this group shows that most

people in this category are third

generation or higher persons of Mexican

origin in the southwest who no longer

identify with a specific Hispanic origin

country. Within the Central American

category, the majority population is of

Salvadoran origin, which alone makes

up 3.2 percent of the total Hispanic

population, followed by the population

of Guatemalan ancestry (2 percent). The

South American population is more

evenly distributed by country, with

Colombians, Ecuadorians, and Peruvians

having the largest numbers.

Table A. Selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by Hispanic origin subgroup and race for the non-Hispanic white and

non-Hispanic black populations

Hispanic Non-Hispanic

Demographic characteristics Total Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Dominican Spaniard

Central

American

South

American

Other

Hispanic White Black

Population estimate1

.......

Percent of total population. .

Percent of Hispanic

population ...........

Median age1

............

Percent aged 65 and over1 . .

Total fertility rate2

.........

Infant mortality rate4 .......

Percent U.S. born1........

Percent foreign born1 ......

45,432,158

15.1

100.0

27.4

5.5

3.0

5.4

60.9

39.1

29,318,971

9.7

64.5

25.7

4.3

3.1

5.3

61.2

38.8

4,127,728

1.4

9.1

29.0

6.9

2.2

8.0

(

5

)

(

5

)

1,572,138

0.5

3.5

41.4

19.0

1.6

5.1

39.3

60.7

1,249,471

0.4

2.8

29.4

6.2

– – –

– – –

41.0

59.0

454,299

0.2

1.0

36.1

12.3

– – –

– – –

84.3

15.7

3,592,810

1.2

7.9

29.5

3.8

3

3.0

3

4.5

33.4

66.6

2,544,070

0.8

5.6

34.1

7.1

3

3.0

3

4.5

31.1

68.9

2,572,671

0.9

5.7

27.3

7.9

– – –

– – –

83.2

16.8

198,420,355

65.9

. . .

40.8

15.5

1.9

5.6

96.1

3.9

36,397,922

12.1

. . .

31.9

8.6

2.1

13.4

92.3

7.7

Socioeconomic

characteristics

Percent with bachelor’s

degree or higher1 ........

Median family income in U.S.

dollars1 ..............

Poverty rate1 ...........

12.6

43,240

18.9

8.7

41,350

20.5

15.3

43,578

21.3

25.3

52,978

10.7

14.9

36,245

25.0

28.7

64,749

9.4

11.3

43,101

16.3

30.6

54,435

10.0

16.4

49,011

15.2

30.4

70,399

6.1

17.2

41,567

21.2

. . . Not applicable.

– – – Data not available.

1Figure is the average of 3-year estimates from the American Community Survey data collected January 2006–December 2008.

2Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, et al. Births: Final data for 2006. National vital statistics reports; vol 57 no 7. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009.

3Estimates are for Central and South American combined. Data is not available to estimate these indicators separately for the two groups.

4Mathews TJ, MacDorman MF. Infant mortality statistics from the 2006 period linked birth/infant death data set. National vital statistics reports; vol 58 no 17. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health

Statistics. 2010.

5The Puerto Rican population is considered U.S.-born, whether born on the U.S. mainland or the island of Puerto Rico.
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The national origin diversity of the

Hispanic population is compounded by

diversity in other characteristics (see

Table A for selected indicators). Some

groups are predominantly U.S.-born and

others foreign-born. For instance, while

61 percent of the Mexican origin

population is U.S.-born, 69 percent of

the South American population is

foreign-born. Likewise, while most

subgroups have a very young age

structure, some have relatively old age

structures. This is especially the case for

the Cuban origin population, which has

a median age of 41 years with

19 percent of the population aged 65

and over, making it older than the

non-Hispanic white population. Age

structure coupled with current fertility

rates highlight that some groups will

continue to grow rapidly, irrespective of

immigration rates, while others, like the

Cuban population, will decline unless

there is new and substantial immigration

from Cuba. Finally, there is diversity in

socioeconomic status as well. While

most subgroups face relatively poor

socioeconomic conditions, as measured

by median family income, educational

attainment, and family poverty rates, a

few groups fair relatively well in

comparison to the majority population

as indicated in Table A.

An interesting similarity among the

Hispanic subgroups for which data are

available is the very low infant mortality

rates, despite socioeconomic

characteristics that would suggest a

demographic profile similar to that of

the non-Hispanic black population. With

the exception of the Puerto Rican

population, all Hispanic subgroups have

lower infant mortality rates than the

non-Hispanic white population, despite

its considerably higher socioeconomic

status. This finding preludes the results

in this report.

Race and Hispanic Origin

Reporting on U.S. Death

Certificates

There are two important reasons

why U.S. life tables by Hispanic origin

have not been available until now. First,

until recently, coverage of the U.S.

Hispanic population in the U.S.

mortality statistics system was

incomplete. A Hispanic origin item was

added to the U.S. Standard Death

Certificate for the first time in 1989, but

it was not adopted by every state until

1997 (2,3). By 1997 all states included a

Hispanic origin item on the death

certificate and reporting rates were over

99 percent (2,3). Second, early

evaluation studies of the quality of race

and Hispanic origin reporting on U.S.

death certificates revealed a significant

degree of misclassification of such,

leading to the underestimation of death

rates for the Hispanic population (1,7).

Death rates, which are the foundation of

the period life table, are based on two

distinct data sources. The numerator of a

death rate is derived from death counts

(usually from vital statistics), while the

denominator of a death rate is derived

from population estimates (usually from

a census or survey). Because death

certificates and population censuses

employ distinct race and Hispanic origin

reporting procedures, there is the

potential for inconsistencies among the

numerators and denominators of race

and Hispanic origin specific death rates

(2,3).

The latest research to evaluate race

and Hispanic origin reporting on U.S.

death certificates found that the

misclassification of race and Hispanic

origin on death certificates in the United

States accounts for a net underestimate

of 5 percent for total Hispanic deaths,

1 percent for total non-Hispanic black

deaths, and a net overestimate of less

than one-half of a percent for

non-Hispanic white deaths (2,3). These

results are based on a comparison of

self-reported race and Hispanic origin

on the CPS to race and Hispanic origin

reported on the death certificates of a

sample of decedents in the National

Longitudinal Mortality Study (NLMS)

who died in the period 1990–1998 (2,3).

NLMS consists of an annual series of

CPS and decennial census files dating

from years 1973 and 1978–1998, linked

to National Vital Statistics System

(NVSS) mortality data for the years

1979–1998. Each linked record contains

race and Hispanic origin information

from both the CPS and death certificates

(2,3).

NLMS linked records are used to

estimate sex-age-specific ratios of CPS

race and Hispanic origin counts to death

certificate counts (2,3). The CPS to

death certificate ratio, or ‘‘classification

ratio,’’ is specifically the ratio of the

weighted count of self-reported race and

ethnicity on the CPS to the weighted

count of the same racial and ethnic

category on the death certificates of the

sample of NLMS decedents described

above. It can be interpreted as the net

difference in assignment of a specific

race and Hispanic origin category

between the two classification systems

and used as a correction factor for race

and Hispanic origin misclassification on

death certificates (2,3). The assumption

is made that the race and ethnicity

reported by a CPS respondent is more

reliable than proxy reporting of race and

ethnicity conducted by a funeral director

who has little personal knowledge of the

decedent. Further, public policy

embodied in the 1997 OMB standards

mandates that self-identification should

be the standard used for the collection

and recording of racial and ethnic

information (6).

Age Misstatement at the

Oldest Ages and Use of

Medicare Data

Numerous studies have shown that

at the oldest ages—approximately ages

80 and over depending on the

population—death rates based on vital

registration and census data are

unreliable due to age misstatement (4,5).

Age misstatement has been found in

both census and vital registration data

and can consist of age exaggeration

(usually at the oldest ages), age

understating (more common at younger

ages), or a combination of both (4). Age

exaggeration at the oldest ages has been

found to be more pronounced in the

black population resulting mainly from

underregistration of black births for

older cohorts (5). Research also

indicates that age misstatement at the

oldest ages is significant for some Latin

American populations for the same

reasons (8). Irrespective of the type of

age misstatement, the general effect has

been found to be the underestimation of
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mortality at the oldest ages (4).

Medicare data have been

traditionally employed in the

estimation of U.S. decennial life tables

and in the estimation of U.S. annual

life tables since 1997, although their

use has been restricted to the total

population and populations classified

by race as white or black (5).

Medicare data are considered to be

more accurate than vital statistics and

census data at the oldest ages because

Medicare enrollees must have proof of

age in order to enroll (9). However,

the reliability of Medicare data beyond

age 100 declines because of the small

percentage of persons who enrolled at

the start of the Medicare program and

for whom it was not possible to verify

exact age (5). More problematic,

however, is that Medicare data are

completely unreliable for the Hispanic

population, as well as for populations

other than white or black (9–11).

Medicare data derive its racial and

ethnic information from the Social

Security Administration (SSA). Racial

and ethnic information is collected by

SSA when individuals apply for a social

security card. In 1936–1980 applicants

were given three race choices on the

SS–5 form consisting of the terms

‘‘white,’’ ‘‘negro,’’ or ‘‘other,’’ and no

ethnicity choice (11). Based on the 1977

OMB racial and ethnic reporting

standards, SSA revised the SS–5

application form in 1980 by expanding

the race categories and adding ethnicity

in the form of Hispanic origin (12). The

new racial and ethnic categories include

white (non-Hispanic), black (nonHispanic), Asian or Pacific Islander

(API), American Indian or Alaska

Native (AIAN), and Hispanic (11). As a

result, racial and ethnic information

about current Medicare enrollees

consists of a combination of pre-1980

and post-1980 racial and ethnic

classification systems with enrollees

falling into any of the following

categories: white (including Hispanic

and non-Hispanic), black (including

Hispanic and non-Hispanic), AIAN, API,

Hispanic, other, and unknown (11).

This classification system makes it

difficult to correctly identify Hispanic

enrollees in the Medicare data. A

linkage between NLMS and 5 years of

Medicare data (1991–1995) was used to

explore the consistency of racial and

ethnic self-identification between the

two systems. The evaluation revealed

significantly different results for the

Hispanic population and the nonHispanic white and non-Hispanic black

populations. For instance, only 8 percent

of CPS self-identified Hispanic

respondents are classified as Hispanic in

the Medicare database. The majority,

79 percent, are classified as white.

On the other hand, the evaluation of

the NLMS-Medicare linked data

revealed very high agreement between

the two datasets for the non-Hispanic

white and non-Hispanic black

populations. For example, 98 percent of

CPS self-identified non-Hispanic white

respondents were classified as white in

the Medicare database and 95 percent of

CPS self-identified non-Hispanic black

respondents were classified as black in

the Medicare database. The evaluation

also found that it is possible to use

Medicare data to estimate old-age

mortality for both the white and black

racial groups, irrespective of Hispanic

origin as has been done traditionally,

and to estimate old-age mortality for the

non-Hispanic segments of these

populations. For example, 96 percent of

respondents classified as white in the

Medicare database had self-identified as

non-Hispanic white in the CPS and

97 percent of respondents classified as

black in the Medicare database had

self-identified as non-Hispanic black in

the CPS. In other words, close to

100 percent of both the white and black

records in the Medicare database are

made up of individuals who selfidentified as non-Hispanic white or

non-Hispanic black in the CPS.

Methods

Data Used for Calculating

Life Table Functions

The data used to prepare the U.S.

life tables by Hispanic origin include

vital statistics final death counts, census

population estimates, and death and

population counts for Medicare

beneficiaries aged 66–100 from the

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

(CMS).

Vital statistics data—Death counts

used for computing the life tables

presented in this report are final

numbers of deaths for 2006 collected

from death certificates filed in state vital

statistics offices and reported to the

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS) as part of the NVSS. Race and

Hispanic origin are reported separately

on the death certificate.

The U.S. Standard Death Certificate

was revised in 2003 and the race and

Hispanic origin items reflect the

mandate of the OMB 1997 ‘‘Revision of

the Race and Ethnic Standards for

Federal Statistics and Administrative

Reporting’’ (6). This revision allowed

individuals to report more than one race

and increased the race choices from four

to five by separating the Asian and

Pacific Islander groups (6,12,13). The

1997 standards replaced the OMB 1977

standards, which only allowed the

reporting of a single race with four

choices, including white, black, AIAN,

and API (14). In 2006, 25 states were

compliant with the 1997 revised

standards but 25 others continued to

collect racial and ethnic data according

to the 1977 standards. In order to attain

uniformity and comparability during the

transition period until all states

implement the 1997 standards,

multiple-race responses are ‘‘bridged’’

back to the 1977 single-race standards.

The bridging procedure is the same as

that used to bridge multiple-race

population estimates (13,15).

Population data—Data used for

computing the life tables in this report

represent the population residing in the

United States, enumerated as of April 1,

2000 and estimated as of July 1, 2006.

These estimates were produced under a

collaborative arrangement with the U.S.

Census Bureau and are based on the

2000 census counts by age, race,

Hispanic origin, and sex, modified to be

consistent with the OMB 1977 standards

(14). The modification is the same as

that used to bridge multiple-race

responses on death certificates (13).

Medicare data—Data from the

Medicare program are used to

supplement vital statistics and census
data for ages 66–100 for the nonHispanic white and non-Hispanic black

populations. As noted above, Medicare

data are considered more reliable for the

estimation of mortality at the oldest ages

because of the proof of age requirement.

Medicare coverage of the American

population aged 65 and over is

extensive and is especially reliable for

the white and black populations, as

discussed above (10).

Nonetheless, Medicare data suffer

from the effects of ‘‘phantom records,’’

which lead to the overestimation of the

number of people over age 90 or so. For

example, the number of people aged 90

and over is greater in Medicare data

than in census data (9,10). Phantom

records arise as a result of some

Medicare enrollees being registered

more than once or because a Medicare

enrollee’s death is not reported (9). To

address this problem, the Medicare data

used were restricted to the records of

Medicare enrollees who are also eligible

for Social Security or Railroad

Retirement income benefits. This

eliminates approximately 3 percent of

records from the full Medicare file (9).

To estimate the probability of death

for the Medicare population for the

non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic

black populations in 2006, age-specific

number of deaths and population counts

by sex and race for the population aged

66–100 from the 2006 Medicare file

were used. The data file is created by

CMS for SSA, which, under a special

agreement, shares the files with NCHS.

Preliminary Adjustment of

the Data

Adjustments for unknown age—An

adjustment is made to account for the

small proportion of deaths each year for

which age is not reported on the death

certificate. The number of deaths in

each age category is adjusted

proportionally to account for those with

not-stated ages. The following factor is

used to make the adjustment. This factor

(F) is calculated for the total and each

sex group within a racial and ethnic

population for which life tables are

constructed:

D

F = ,

Da [1]

where D is the total number of deaths

and Da is the total number of deaths for

which age is stated. F is then applied by

multiplying it times the number of

deaths in each age group. Table B shows

values for F by sex used to adjust

mortality data for the Hispanic,

non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic

black populations in 2006.

Adjustment for misclassification of

race and Hispanic origin on death

certificates—The NLMS-based

classification ratios discussed above are

used to adjust age-specific number of

deaths for ages 1–95 and over.

Age-specific adjusted counts of death

are estimated for the total Hispanic,

non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic

black populations and by sex for each

group as follows:

F * , [2] nDx = nDx nCRx

where nDx

F is age-specific number of

deaths adjusted for unknown age as

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described above, nCRx are the

age-specific classification ratios used to

correct for the misclassification of race

and Hispanic origin on death

certificates, and nDx are final

age-specific counts of death adjusted for

age, race, and Hispanic origin

misclassification. Table C shows values

of the sex- and age-specific

classification ratios (nCRx) by Hispanic

origin and race for the non-Hispanic

population (black and white).

Correction for racial and ethnic

misclassification of infant deaths is

addressed by using infant death counts

and live birth counts from the 2005 and

2006 linked birth/infant death data files

rather than the traditional birth and

death data files (16,17). In the linked

file, each infant death record is linked to

its corresponding birth record so that the

race and ethnicity reported on the birth

record can be ascribed to the infant

death record (16,17). As a result, racialand ethnic-specific infant mortality rates

estimated with the linked file do not

suffer from the problem of racial and

ethnic discrepancies between the

numerator and denominator of the rate.

A ratio of infant mortality rates based

on the traditional birth and death data

files to infant mortality rates based on

the linked birth/infant death data file

shows that using the traditional files

overestimates the infant mortality rate

by 2 percent for Hispanic infants, 2

percent–4 percent for non-Hispanic

black infants, and less than 1 percent for

non-Hispanic white infants (see ratios

for age 0 in Table C). Because the

probability of death at age 0 used to

calculate the life table uses live births in

the denominator (procedure described

Table B. Values for F used to adjust for not-stated age based on 2006 mortality data

Total deaths for

which age

Hispanic origin, race, and sex Total deaths was not stated F

Hispanic ............................ 133,004 36 1.00027074

Male ............................. 74,250 29 1.00039072

Female............................ 58,754 7 1.00011916

Non-Hispanic white...................... 1,944,617 92 1.00004731

Male ............................. 947,966 72 1.00007596

Female............................ 996,651 20 1.00002007

Non-Hispanic black...................... 286,581 19 1.00006630

Male ............................. 146,729 11 1.00007497

Female............................ 139,852 8 1.00005721
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Table C. Classification ratios by Hispanic origin, race for the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations, age, and sex

Hispanic Non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic black

Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

All ages ............................... 1.0501 1.0415 1.0614 0.9960 0.9954 0.9966 1.0055 1.0066 1.0043

1

0 ................................... 1.0206 1.0222 1.0181 1.0019 0.9938 1.0122 1.0325 1.0435 1.0189

1–14 ................................. 2

0.9198 21.0000 20.7994 0.9930 0.9869 1.0011 1.0200 1.0000 21.0689

15–24 ................................ 0.9650 0.9770 0.9290 1.0032 1.0040 1.0010 0.9997 0.9996 1.0000

25–34 ................................ 1.0189 1.0542 0.9288 0.9975 0.9872 1.0212 1.0043 1.0034 1.0060

35–44 ................................ 1.0803 1.0863 1.0657 0.9902 0.9864 0.9971 1.0066 1.0081 1.0045

45–54 ................................ 1.0501 1.0152 1.1208 0.9938 0.9943 0.9930 1.0023 1.0144 0.9880

55–64 ................................ 1.0260 1.0291 1.0216 0.9932 0.9915 0.9958 1.0135 1.0174 1.0087

65–74 ................................ 1.0700 1.0640 1.0779 0.9950 0.9961 0.9935 1.0036 0.9979 1.0095

75–84 ................................ 1.0473 1.0316 1.0651 0.9967 0.9964 0.9971 1.0040 1.0058 1.0023

85–94 ................................ 1.0468 1.0261 1.0614 0.9978 0.9975 0.9979 1.0083 1.0101 1.0072

95 and over............................. 1.1277 1.1700 1.1000 0.9981 0.9927 0.9998 0.9979 1.0300 0.9881

1Ratios for age 0 are estimated as the ratio of infant mortality rates based on the traditional death and birth files to the infant mortality rate based on the 2006 linked birth/infant death data file and only
 

shown for illustration purposes; see text for details.
 

2Ratio is unreliable because either the unweighted number of Current Population Survey deaths or the unweighted number of death certificate deaths or both are based on fewer than 20 deaths.
 

below), it is preferable to use the linked

birth/infant death data file. Further, the

classification ratios derived from the

NLMS are unreliable for this age

category as a result of extremely small

sample sizes.

Interpolation of Px and Dx—

Anomalies, both random and those

associated with reporting age at death,

can be problematic when using vital

statistics and census data by single years

of age to estimate the probability of

death (5,18). Graduation techniques are

often used to eliminate these anomalies

and to derive a smooth curve by age.

Beer’s ordinary minimized fifth

difference formula is used to obtain

smoothed values of Px and Dx from

5-year age groupings of nPx from ages

0–99 and nDx from ages 5–99, and

where nDx has first been adjusted for

not-reported age and race and Hispanic

origin misclassification on the death

certificate (18).

Calculation of the

Probability of Dying, qx

Calculation of complete period life

tables starts with the estimation of

age-specific probabilities of death (qx)

which are a function of age-specific death

rates, Dx / Px. Death rates are derived from

the number of deaths throughout a calendar

year (Dx) and the midyear population (Px)

in that calendar year.

Calculation of q0—Calculated using

a birth cohort method that employs a

separation factor (f) defined as the

proportion of infant deaths in year t

occurring to infants born in the previous

year (t - 1). f is estimated by

categorizing infant deaths by date of

birth. The probability of death is then

calculated as

q0 = 

D0 (1−f)

Bt + 

D0 (f)

Bt−1 , [3]

where D0 is the number of infant deaths

from the 2006 linked birth/infant death

data file, Bt is the number of live births

from the 2006 linked birth/infant death

data file, and Bt-1 is the number of live

births from the 2005 linked birth/infant

death data file. Table D shows

separation factors and numbers of births

for 2005–2006.

Calculation of vital statistics (qx)

for ages 1–99—Calculated assuming

that lx (number of survivors at exact age

x in the life table population) declines

linearly between x and x + 1 (i.e., that

deaths between exact age x and x + 1

occur on average at age x + 1⁄2). This

simplification is generally considered

acceptable when age intervals are 1 year

in length (5). Under this assumption,

l = L + 1⁄2 d , where L is the average x x x x

life table population at risk of dying

between ages x and x + 1 and dx is the

number of deaths occurring between age

x and x + 1. qx is then

. qx = d

l

x = dx

x + 1 L d x 2 x

Table D. Births in 2005 and 2006, deaths in 2006 of infants born in 2005 and 2006, and separation factors by Hispanic origin, race for the

non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations, and sex: United States

Hispanic Non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic black

Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female

Births

2005 ........................... 985,513 503,489 482,024 2,279,959 1,170,614 1,109,345 583,764 296,240 287,524

2006 ........................... 1,039,079 530,875 508,204 2,308,654 1,184,310 1,124,344 617,260 314,607 302,653

Deaths in 2006 of infants born in:

2005 ........................... 675 379 294 1,559 887 683 972 533 436

2006 ........................... 4,947 2,731 2,218 11,325 6,441 4,873 7,269 3,985 3,287

Separation factor (f) ................... 0.120 0.122 0.117 0.121 0.121 0.123 0.118 0.118 0.117
One can make the same assumption

for the observed population [i.e., that the

observed population aged x at risk of

dying at the beginning of the year (Nx)

declines linearly between ages x and

x + 1]. Under this assumption,

N = P + 1⁄2 D , where P is the midyear x x x x

population or average observed

population at risk of dying between ages

x and x + 1 and Dx is the observed

number of deaths occurring between

ages x and x + 1. qx is calculated as

Dx Dx . qx = = N [4] x + 1 P D x 2 x

For x = 1–99, Dx is the Beer’s

smoothed number of deaths adjusted for

not-stated age and race and Hispanic

origin misclassification on the death

certificate and Px is the Beer’s smoothed

population at risk of dying between ages

x and x + 1.

Probability of Dying at the

Oldest Ages for the

Non-Hispanic White and

Non-Hispanic Black

Populations

As noted above, Medicare data are

used to supplement vital statistics data

for the estimation of qx at the oldest

ages because it is more accurate as

proof of age is required for enrollment

in the Medicare program. Medicare data

are used here to estimate the probability

of dying for ages 66–100 for the

non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic

black populations. The method described

in this section was first developed to

estimate mortality for ages 66–100 for

the 1999–2001 U.S. decennial life tables

and the U.S. annual life tables beginning

with year 2005 for the total population

and the white and black racial groups

(19,20). Annual life tables for years

2000–2004 were revised with this

methodology and republished (20). As

discussed in the ‘‘Data Used for

Calculating Life Table Functions’’

section, it is possible to use Medicare

data for the non-Hispanic white and

non-Hispanic black populations as well

as the total black and white populations

irrespective of Hispanic origin.

For ages 66–94, the probability of

dying was obtained by blending vital

statistics (qx

V) with Medicare (qxM)

through a weighting process that gives

gradually declining weight to vital

statistics data and gradually increasing

weight to Medicare data. For ages

95–100, Medicare (qx

M) is used

exclusively. For ages 66–100, qx is

estimated as

q = 1[(95 – x ) qV + (x – 65)qM ], x x x 30
 

when x = 66,...,94,
 

and

qx = qM

x , when x = 95,...,100, [5]

where qx is a combination of qx

V and

qx

M, qxV is the probability of dying

calculated with formula 4, and qx

M is the

probability of dying based on Medicare

data.

The third component of the

Heligman-Pollard (HP) model was then

used to smooth the probabilities of death

for ages 66–100 obtained above and

also to extrapolate the probabilities of

deaths for ages over 100. The HP model

is a nonlinear model consisting of three

components and eight parameters, where

qx

= A(x + B)

C

+ D exp[ – E (logx – logF)

2

] + GHx. 1 – qx

Parameter A measures mortality in

the first year of life, parameter B

measures the rate of change in mortality

from birth to the first year of life, and

parameter C measures the rate of

mortality decline in childhood.

Parameters D, E, and F measure the

location, width, and height of the

‘‘accident hump’’ and parameters G and

H measure mortality levels and changes

for ages approximately 40 and over

(19,20).

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A nonlinear weighted least squares

model, with weights,

was used to fit the third component of

the HP model in the age range 65–100.

The model was estimated as

Predicted qˆ

x was then estimated as

where |G and |H are the predicted

parameters given by fitting model 6.

Predicted parameters for the nonHispanic white and non-Hispanic black

populations in 2006 are presented in

Table E. Although reliable data-based

probabilities of death for older ages are

only available through ages 100 or so,

qx was extrapolated to age 130 in order

to estimate the life table population until

no survivors remain. This information is

then used to estimate Lx for ages

100–130, which is used to close the

table with the age category 100 and

over, combined (discussed below).

To ensure a smooth transition from

vital q V

x and predicted qˆ

x the two were

blended from ages 66–74 with a

graduating process:

Probability of Dying at the

Oldest Ages for the

Hispanic Population

As previously noted, Medicare data

are unreliable for the Hispanic

population because of the

1

wx = 2 , qx

qx = GHx . [6] 1 – qx

Gˆ Hˆ x
 

qˆ , x =
 ˆ x [7] 1 + Gˆ H

1

q = [(75 – x) qV x + (x – 65)qˆ

x ], 10 x

[8] when x = 66,...,74.

Table E. Estimated parameters G and H used for predicting qx from ages 66–130: NonHispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations

Non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic black
 

Total Male Female Total Male Female
 

G..................... 0.0000125 0.0000173 0.0000064 0.0000984 0.0001990 0.0000449
 

H..................... 1.1118 1.1100 1.1190 1.0855 1.0792 1.0939
 
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inconsistencies in the Medicare racial

and ethnic classification system. As a

result, it was necessary to use other

methods to estimate mortality at the

oldest ages for this population. Past age

80 mortality estimates based strictly on

vital statistics for the Hispanic

population are too low, despite

correction for ethnic misclassification on

the death certificate.

A couple of estimation strategies

were tested in order to estimate

mortality for ages over 80 for the

Hispanic population. First, the third

component of the HP model was fit to

vital statistics data and the predicted

parameters were then used to extrapolate

mortality for ages over 80. Several age

ranges in which age-specific mortality

patterns appear reasonable were used to

fit the model, including ages 45–80,

55–80, and 65–80. The 65–80 age range

produced the best statistical fit, however,

the resulting predicted probabilities of

death for ages 81–100 remained

unrealistically low, with Hispanic to

non-Hispanic white mortality ratios

declining progressively with age from

about 80 percent at age 75 to about

65 percent at ages 100 and over.

A consistent finding across diverse

studies has been that Hispanic mortality

in the adult and advanced ages varies

between approximately 80 percent and

89 percent of that of the non-Hispanic

white population (2,3,21,22). Two

studies that used Medicare data to

compare Hispanic to non-Hispanic white

mortality by using a name-based

algorithm to identify Hispanic persons

in the Medicare-NUMIDENT SSA

database, found age-specific ratios of

Hispanic to non-Hispanic white

mortality at ages 65 and over to

consistently be around 85 percent

(21,22). While not without limitations,

these findings are based on the most

reliable data available about age-specific

mortality at the oldest ages.

The second estimation method

tested, the Brass relational logit model,

takes advantage of the relationship

between Hispanic and non-Hispanic

white mortality identified by the

mentioned studies and is one that has

been widely and successfully used to

predict the mortality of one population

relative to another at the older ages

(23–26). Using the age-specific

mortality pattern of the non-Hispanic

white population as the ‘‘standard,’’

Brass’ relational logit model is used to

predict Hispanic mortality in the older

ages. The ‘‘standard’’ is fit to Hispanic

data in the age interval 45–80 and the

predicted parameters are used to

0.0 

45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 

0.3 

0.4 

0.5 

0.6 

0.7 

0.8 

0.9 

Hispanic to non-Hispanic white ratio

Age in years 

Hispanic: Brass1 

Hispanic: HP2 

Hispanic: Vital3 

1

Refers to results based on Brass relational logit model. 

2

Refers to results based on Heligman-Pollard model. 

3

Refers to results based on vital statistics data. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare data. 

Figure 1. Hispanic to non-Hispanic white age-specific mortality ratios for males:

United States, 2006

0.0 

45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 

0.3 

0.4 

0.5 

0.6 

0.7 

0.8 

0.9 

Hispanic to non-Hispanic white ratio 

Age in years 

Hispanic: Brass1 

Hispanic: HP2 

Hispanic: Vital3 

1

Refers to results based on Brass relational logit model. 

2

Refers to results based on Heligman-Pollard model. 

3

Refers to results based on vital statistics data. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare data. 

Figure 2. Hispanic to non-Hispanic white age-specific mortality ratios for females:

United States, 2006

estimate the probabilities of death for

ages 76–100. This method allows the

relationship between the two populations

in the younger ages to be carried over to

the older ages (23–26). Figures 1 and 2

show age-specific ratios of Hispanic to

non-Hispanic white probabilities of

death, where the Hispanic estimates are
-10 

-8 

-6 

-4 

-2 

0 

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 

Non-Hispanic white 

Hispanic: HP2 

Hispanic: Brass1 

Hispanic: Vital3 

1

Refers to results based on Brass relational logit model. 

2

Refers to results based on Heligman-Pollard model. 

3

Refers to results based on vital statistics data. 

NOTE: In is natural log; qx is the probability of death. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare data. 

Age in years 

ln(qx ) 

Figure 3. Male age pattern of mortality: United States, 2006

-10 

-8 

-6 

-4 

-2 

0 

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 

Non-Hispanic white 

Hispanic: HP2 

Hispanic: Brass1 

Hispanic: Vital3 

1

Refers to results based on Brass relational logit model. 

2

Refers to results based on Heligman-Pollard model. 

3

Refers to results based on vital statistics data. 

NOTE: In is natural log; qx is the probability of death. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare data. 

Age in years 

ln(qx ) 

Figure 4. Female age pattern of mortality: United States, 2006

based respectively on vital statistics, the

Brass relational logit model, and the HP

model, and the non-Hispanic estimates

are based on the method described in

the previous section. Hispanic mortality

estimates based on the Brass logit model

maintain the relative difference with the

non-Hispanic white population in the

oldest ages consistent with the findings

of the two studies that estimated

Hispanic mortality directly from

Medicare data (21,22). A comparison of

the sex and age patterns of mortality for

the age range 0–100 between the

non-Hispanic white and Hispanic

populations based on the Brass model,

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the HP model, and vital statistics reveals

that the Brass model produces the most

realistic mortality pattern for the

Hispanic population (Figures 3 and 4).

The Brass relational logit model with

the non-Hispanic white population as

the standard was therefore used to

estimate mortality for ages 80 and over

for the Hispanic population.

The Brass relational logit model

expresses the age-specific mortality

pattern of a population of interest as a

function of the age-specific mortality

pattern of a ‘‘standard’’ population and

is expressed as

Y

ˆ (x) = α + βYS

(x) , [9]

where Y

ˆ(x) is the predicted logit of the

probability of death (qx) in the

population of interest, i.e.,

q(x) logit[q ] = ln[ ] , x 1-q(x)

S qx

logit[qx

S

] = ln S , 1-qx

YS(x) is the logit of the probability of

death (qx

S

) in the standard population,

i.e.,

[ ]

α is the predicted parameter that

measures the level of mortality of the

population of interest relative to the

standard population, and β is the

predicted parameter that measures the

slope of the mortality function of the

population of interest relative to the

standard population (23–26). Table F

shows values of predicted α and β and

their standard errors.

Ordinary least squares regression

was used to fit equation 9 in the age

range 45–80. The resulting predicted

parameters α and β were then used to

estimate the predicted probability of

death for ages 76–130 in the Hispanic ˆ population. qx was predicted to age 130

in order to estimate the life table

population until no survivors remain, as

was done for the non-Hispanic white

and non-Hispanic black populations.

This information is then used to

estimate Lx for ages 100–130, which is

used to close the table with the age

category 100 and over, combined

(discussed in the following section).
ˆ exp[Y

ˆ

(x)] exp[α+βYs

(x)]

qx = = . 1 + exp[Y

ˆ

(x)] 1+exp[α + βYs

(x)] [10]

q =

1

[(81–x)q V + (x-75) q

ˆ ] , x x x 6 

when x = 76,. . .,80. [11]

1 1 Lx = (lx + lx + 1) = lx – dx . [14] 2 2

Tx ex = . [17] lx

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Table F. Estimated Brass relational logit model parameters α and β 

Total SE Male SE Female SE

α ..................... –0.3690 0.027 –0.3675 0.036 –0.3377 0.037

β ..................... 0.9671 0.006 0.9627 0.008 0.9789 0.008 

NOTE: SE is standard error.

For x = 0, the separation factor f is used 

to calculate L0:

ˆ Predicted qx is estimated by

transforming its logit [Y

ˆ(x)] back as

follows:

To ensure a smooth transition from vital

qx

V and predicted q

ˆ

x , the two were

blended from ages 76–80 with a

graduating process:

Finally, to close the table at age 100

and over (combined), ∞q100 is set equal

to 1.0 because all survivors to this age

will die at some point in the open-ended

age interval. Once qx is obtained for

each single year of age, the other life

table functions are easily calculated.

Calculation of Remaining

Life Table Functions for

All Groups

Survivor function (lx)—The life

table radix (l0) is set at 100,000. For

ages greater than 0, the number of

survivors remaining at exact age x is

calculated as

lx = lx – 1(1 – qx – 1) . [12]

Decrement function (dx)—The

number of deaths occurring between age

x and x + 1 is calculated from the

survivor function:

dx = lx – lx + 1 = lxqx . [13]

Note that ∞d100 = ∞l100 since ∞q100 = 1.0.

Person-years lived (Lx)—Personyears lived for ages 1–99 is calculated

assuming that the survivor function

declines linearly between age x and

x + 1. This gives the formula

L0 = f l0 + (1 – f) l1 . [15]

Finally, ∞L100 is estimated as the

sum of the extrapolated Lx values for

ages 100–130.

Person-years lived at and above

age x (Tx)—Calculated by summing Lx

values at and above age x:

∞ 

Tx = ∑ Lx . [16] x = 0

Life expectancy at age x(ex)—

Calculated as

Results

Life Expectancy by

Hispanic Origin and Race

Tables 1–9 show complete life

tables by Hispanic origin, race (white

and black) for the non-Hispanic

population, and sex for 2006. Table G

Table G. Expectation of life by age, sex, Hispanic origin, and race for the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations:

United States, 2006

All origins Hispanic Non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic black

Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.7 75.1 80.2 80.6 77.9 83.1 78.1 75.6 80.5 72.9 69.3 76.3

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.2 74.7 79.7 80.0 77.4 82.5 77.5 75.1 79.9 72.9 69.3 76.2

5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 70.8 75.8 76.1 73.5 78.6 73.6 71.1 75.9 69.0 65.4 72.3

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 65.8 70.8 71.2 68.5 73.7 68.6 66.2 71.0 64.1 60.5 67.4

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.4 60.9 65.9 66.2 63.6 68.7 63.7 61.2 66.0 59.2 55.6 62.5

20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 56.1 61.0 61.4 58.9 63.8 58.9 56.5 61.1 54.4 50.9 57.6

25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 51.5 56.1 56.7 54.2 58.9 54.1 51.9 56.3 49.8 46.5 52.8

30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.2 46.9 51.3 51.9 49.6 54.0 49.4 47.2 51.4 45.2 42.0 48.0

35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 42.2 46.4 47.1 44.8 49.1 44.6 42.5 46.6 40.6 37.6 43.3

40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.7 37.6 41.7 42.4 40.2 44.3 39.9 37.9 41.8 36.1 33.2 38.7

45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 33.1 37.0 37.7 35.6 39.5 35.3 33.4 37.1 31.8 28.9 34.3

50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 28.8 32.5 33.2 31.2 34.9 30.9 29.0 32.6 27.7 24.9 30.0

55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.5 24.7 28.0 28.8 26.9 30.4 26.6 24.8 28.1 23.9 21.3 25.9

60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4 20.7 23.8 24.6 22.8 26.0 22.4 20.8 23.8 20.3 18.0 22.1

65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 17.0 19.7 20.6 19.0 21.7 18.5 17.1 19.7 17.0 15.0 18.4

70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 13.6 15.9 16.8 15.4 17.7 14.8 13.6 15.9 13.9 12.2 15.0

75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 10.4 12.3 13.3 12.1 14.1 11.5 10.4 12.3 11.0 9.7 11.9

80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 7.8 9.3 10.2 9.2 10.8 8.7 7.8 9.2 8.7 7.6 9.3

85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 5.7 6.8 7.6 6.8 8.0 6.3 5.6 6.7 6.7 5.9 7.1

90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 4.1 4.8 5.6 5.0 5.7 4.5 4.0 4.7 5.0 4.5 5.3

95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 2.9 3.3 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.2 2.8 3.3 3.8 3.5 3.9

100 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.8 2.6 2.8
Non-Hispanic

white and nonDifference in life expectancy between: 

Difference in years 

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

5.2

2.5

7.7

Hispanic black 

Hispanic and

non-Hispanic

white 

Hispanic and

non-Hispanic

black 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare data. 

Figure 5. Difference in life expectancy at birth: United States, 2006

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have the highest life expectancy at birth

(83.1 years), followed by non-Hispanic

white females (80.5 years), Hispanic

males (77.9 years), non-Hispanic black

females (76.3 years), non-Hispanic

white males (75.6 years), and

non-Hispanic black males (69.3 years).

The smallest differential is between

Hispanic and non-Hispanic white

females, with Hispanic females having

an advantage of 2.6 years. The largest

differential is between Hispanic females

and non-Hispanic black males, with

Hispanic females having a life

expectancy at birth 13.8 years greater.

The Hispanic population has higher

life expectancy than the non-Hispanic

white and non-Hispanic black

populations at every age from birth until

approximately age 95 when Hispanic

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare data. 

0 

20 

40 

60 

80 

100 

NonHispanic

black male 

NonHispanic

white male 

NonHispanic

black female 

Hispanic

male 

NonHispanic

white female 

Hispanic

female 

Age in years 

83.1 80.5 77.9 76.3 75.6 

69.3 

Figure 6. Life expectancy at birth, by Hispanic origin, race, and sex: United States, 2006

summarizes life expectancy by age,

Hispanic origin, race, and sex. Life

expectancy at birth for 2006 represents

the average number of years that a

group of infants would live if the infants

were to experience throughout life the

age-specific death rates prevailing in

2006. Life expectancy at birth for the

total population in 2006 was 77.7 years

(27). Life expectancy was 80.6 years for

the Hispanic population, 78.1 years for

the non-Hispanic white population, and

72.9 years for the non-Hispanic black

population. The Hispanic population has

a mortality advantage at birth of 2.5

years over the non-Hispanic white

population and 7.7 years over the

non-Hispanic black population

(Figure 5).

Among the six Hispanic origin-racesex groups (Figure 6), Hispanic females

male and non-Hispanic black male life

expectancy is equal at 3.5 years

(Table G). At age 65, Hispanic females

have the highest life expectancy (21.7

years), followed by non-Hispanic white

females (19.7 years), Hispanic males

(19.0 years), non-Hispanic black females

(18.4 years), non-Hispanic white males

(17.1 years), and non-Hispanic black

males (15.0 years). This pattern changes

by age 85 when Hispanic females still

have the highest life expectancy (8.0

years), but are immediately followed by

non-Hispanic black females (7.1 years),

Hispanic males (6.8 years), nonHispanic white females (6.7 years),

non-Hispanic black males (5.9 years),

and non-Hispanic white males (5.6

years). The crossover at the oldest ages

between the non-Hispanic white and

non-Hispanic black populations has been

observed for some time now when

comparing age-specific mortality

between the white and black

populations. It is not clear whether the

mortality crossover is due to a data

artifact or reflects a real advantage for

the black population at the oldest ages

(25).

In 2006, the female to male

advantage in life expectancy at birth, or

the sex gap, was 5.1 years for the total

population (27). The sex gap increased

from 2 years to 7.8 years between 1900

and 1975 and then declined to reach a

low of 5.0 in 2004 (27). In 2006, there

was noticeable variability in the sex gap

in life expectancy at birth by Hispanic
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Table H. Number surviving by age, sex, Hispanic origin, and race for the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations:

United States, 2006

All origins Hispanic Non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic black

Age Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

0..................... 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 

1..................... 99,329 99,266 99,395 99,455 99,410 99,503 99,441 99,380 99,505 98,656 98,553 98,762 

5..................... 99,216 99,144 99,291 99,351 99,296 99,408 99,342 99,275 99,412 98,477 98,364 98,603 

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,147 99,068 99,229 99,292 99,229 99,358 99,278 99,206 99,354 98,374 98,247 98,517 

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,065 98,972 99,164 99,209 99,132 99,290 99,205 99,119 99,296 98,259 98,113 98,427 

20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,747 98,524 98,982 98,896 98,658 99,149 98,912 98,727 99,107 97,831 97,453 98,239 

25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,253 97,797 98,739 98,444 97,979 98,965 98,450 98,053 98,871 97,115 96,370 97,901 

30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,759 97,099 98,461 98,046 97,403 98,787 97,978 97,391 98,592 96,282 95,150 97,441 

35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,213 96,371 98,105 97,630 96,821 98,569 97,451 96,694 98,239 95,309 93,817 96,801 

40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,495 95,466 97,579 97,058 96,072 98,205 96,764 95,829 97,735 94,060 92,240 95,853 

45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,397 94,112 96,740 96,198 94,947 97,642 95,713 94,528 96,937 92,259 90,076 94,381 

50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,750 92,082 95,478 94,915 93,372 96,671 94,149 92,587 95,757 89,558 86,775 92,223 

55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,352 89,083 93,681 92,999 90,975 95,242 91,891 89,766 94,073 85,524 81,619 89,189 

60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,057 85,054 91,119 90,392 8 7,642 93,351 88,751 85,957 91,616 80,194 74,952 85,072 

65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,251 79,346 87,200 86,649 83,059 90,392 84,060 80,421 87,773 73,171 66,394 79,421 

70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,661 71,652 81,662 81,079 76,401 85,803 77,527 72,808 82,297 64,679 56,515 72,131 

75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,331 61,057 73,449 73,087 67,177 78,849 68,180 62,212 74,089 54,142 44,793 62,561 

80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,201 46,859 61,175 62,030 55,064 68,584 54,932 47,834 61,750 41,435 31,848 50,078 

85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,805 30,371 44,685 47,154 39,498 53,963 38,265 30,958 45,056 27,835 19,480 35,489 

90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,898 15,034 26,183 30,063 23,049 35,855 21,016 15,183 26,253 15,459 9,636 20,904 

95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,991 4,895 10,685 14,488 9,745 18,014 7,900 4,821 10,553 6,531 3,548 9,339 

100 ................... 1,737 850 2,460 4,522 2,523 5,772 1,656 795 2,351 1,876 873 2,785 

origin and race. The gap was 4.9 years

for the non-Hispanic white population,

5.2 years for the Hispanic population,

and 7.0 years for the non-Hispanic black

population.

Finally, the Hispanic mortality

advantage is also illustrated in the effect

produced on life expectancy at birth

when race and Hispanic origin are

decoupled. To date, U.S. life tables have

been produced by race (white and

black), irrespective of Hispanic origin.

When Hispanic origin is excluded from

the two race groups and only the

non-Hispanic segments are included, life

expectancy at birth declines. For

example, for the black population,

irrespective of Hispanic origin, life

expectancy at birth was 73.2 years in

2006 (27). However, it declined to 72.9

years when only the non-Hispanic

segment of the black population is

included. Similarly, life expectancy for

the white population, irrespective of

Hispanic origin, was 78.2 years in 2006

(27) and declined to 78.1 years when

only the non-Hispanic segment of the

white population is included. The effect

of the Hispanic mortality advantage on

race-specific life expectancy is also

observed for each race-sex group.

Survivorship by Hispanic

Origin and Race

Table H shows the number of

survivors out of 100,000 persons born

alive (lx) by age, Hispanic origin, and

race (white and black) for the

non-Hispanic population and sex. In

2006, 99.3 percent of all infants born in

the United States survived the first year

of life (27). In comparison, 99.5 percent

of Hispanic infants survived the first

year of life; 99.4 percent of nonHispanic white infants survived. On the

other hand, 98.7 percent of non-Hispanic

black infants survived the first year of

life. In 2006, 37.8 percent of the life

table cohort survived to age 85,

however, survival at the oldest ages

varied significantly by Hispanic origin

and race. While 47.2 percent of the

Hispanic population survived to age 85,

38.3 percent of the non-Hispanic white

population, and only 27.8 percent of the

non-Hispanic black population did so.

Among the six Hispanic origin-racesex groups (Table H), Hispanic females

have the highest median age at death

with approximately 50.5 percent

surviving to age 86. The next group

with the highest median age at death is

non-Hispanic white females with

48.7 percent surviving to age 84. The

next group is Hispanic males, with

49.2 percent surviving to age 82,

followed by non-Hispanic black females

with 50.0 percent surviving to age 80,

non-Hispanic white males with

50.9 percent surviving to age 79, and

finally non-Hispanic black males with

49.7 percent surviving to age 73 years.

The median age at death for nonHispanic black males is 13 years less

than that of Hispanic females.

The Hispanic mortality advantage as

seen through age-specific survival rates

(Figure 7) is mostly concentrated in the

adult and very old ages. Between ages 1

and 16, non-Hispanic white females

have a very slight advantage over

Hispanic females with higher survival

rates. But, beginning with age 17,

Hispanic females take the lead with

progressively higher age-specific

survival rates. Similarly, non-Hispanic

white males have slightly higher

survival rates than Hispanic males over

the age range 1–30, with the highest

advantage for non-Hispanic white males

in the age range 20–27 or so. After age

30, Hispanic males regain the advantage

with progressively higher age-specific
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0 

20 

40 

60 

80 

100 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare data. Percent surviving 

Non-Hispanic black male 

Non-Hispanic black female 

Non-Hispanic white male 

Hispanic male 

Non-Hispanic white female 

Hispanic female 

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 

Age in years 

Figure 7. Percentage surviving, by Hispanic origin, race, age, and sex: United States, 2006

survival rates, which taper somewhat at

the very oldest ages.

Discussion

This report presents the first ever

U.S. life tables by Hispanic origin and

race for the non-Hispanic white and

non-Hispanic black populations. The

data quality problems that had prevented

their production in the past—ethnic

misclassification on the death certificate

and age misstatement at the oldest

ages—were addressed in this study as

robustly as possible given available data

and methods. The results show that the

Hispanic population has higher life

expectancy at birth and at almost every

subsequent age than the non-Hispanic

white and non-Hispanic black

populations. The finding of higher life

expectancy for the Hispanic population

seems paradoxical because on average

the Hispanic population has lower

socioeconomic status than the

non-Hispanic white population. Given

the relationship between socioeconomic

status and mortality, a mortality profile

similar to that of the non-Hispanic black

population would seem more likely for

the Hispanic population.

This seemingly paradoxical result

has been found in numerous research

studies using a variety of data sources,

including state and national vital

statistics, local surveys, and national

linked mortality follow-up surveys, such

as the NLMS and the National Health

Interview Survey–Multiple Cause of

Death (NHIS–MCD) linked data. All

such studies have consistently found a

Hispanic mortality advantage over the

non-Hispanic white population even

when differences in demographic and

socioeconomic characteristics are taken

into account (21,22,28–32). Research

into the causes of this paradox has been

extensive although not conclusive

(21,22,28–32).

Three sets of explanations have

been proposed: data artifact, migration

effects, and cultural effects (28). There

are three data problems that may lead to

the appearance of a Hispanic mortality

advantage. One type consists of

incongruence between ethnic

classification in the numerators and

denominators of death rates. This type

of data artifact affects vital statistics

because the classification or reporting

procedures used in the two distinct data

sources (vital registration and census

population estimates) may differ. A

second type of data artifact is age

misstatement, which tends to depress

mortality rates at older ages, as

previously discussed. Finally, a third

type of data artifact is the problem of

differential record linkage success rates

in linked datasets, such as the NLMS

and NHIS–MCD, which may

disproportionately undercount Hispanic

deaths and therefore lead to a false

appearance of a Hispanic mortality

advantage in mortality follow-up studies

that rely on record linkage to identify

mortality status because unlinked

records are presumed alive (28).

To produce the U.S. national life

tables by Hispanic origin presented in

this report, the two types of data

artifacts that affect vital statistics

data—incongruence in ethnic

classification between numerators and

denominators of death rates and age

misstatement—were thoroughly and

robustly addressed. It was not possible

to address differential linkage rates.

However, because only linked records

were used to assess the quality of racial

and ethnic reporting on death

certificates, linkage errors would only

affect the classification ratios to the

extent that incorrectly unlinked records

differed from linked records in the rate

of agreement between CPS and death

certificate racial and ethnic

classifications. No definitive evidence of

differential linkage rates by race or

ethnicity in the NLMS exists (3).

The two other sets of

explanations—migration effects and

cultural effects—may indeed explain the

Hispanic mortality advantage, but are

impossible to test with vital statistics

data and are beyond the purview of this

study. It has been hypothesized that the
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lower observed mortality of the

Hispanic population could be a function

of migrant selectivity for better health

(the healthy migrant effect) or return

migration of ill migrants (the salmon

bias effect) whose deaths are missed in

the U.S. vital statistics system (28).

There is as yet no conclusive evidence

to support either of these migration

effects as the explanations of the

Hispanic mortality advantage, although

the most recent research that directly

tests the salmon bias effect found that

foreign-born Hispanic emigrants (or

return migrants) did have higher

mortality but its magnitude was too

small to explain a significant portion of

the Hispanic mortality advantage (22).

Finally, cultural effects in the form of

family structure, lifestyle behaviors, and

social networks may also explain the

Hispanic mortality advantage by

conferring a protective barrier against

the vicissitudes of minority status and

low socioeconomic conditions. However,

there is as yet no conclusive evidence

that the cultural effect explains the

Hispanic mortality advantage (28).

The life tables presented in this

report have some limitations. First, the

classification ratios used to correct for

racial and ethnic misclassification on

U.S. death certificates are based on CPS

data that pertain only to the

noninstitutionalized population of the

United States. Second, they are based on

deaths that occurred in the period

1990–1998. To the degree that there

were important changes in the reporting

of race and ethnicity on death

certificates in subsequent years, the

resulting tables are biased. Third, while

there is no conclusive evidence in

support of the salmon bias effect, the

possibility remains that Hispanic deaths

are missed in the U.S. vital statistics

system due to return migration and

therefore the resulting death rates are

biased irrespective of correction for

ethnic misclassification.

Finally, a significant limitation

present in U.S. life tables constructed

for the total Hispanic population is that

these life tables may mask important

differences between the various

Hispanic subgroups that make up this

population. As noted in the

‘‘Background’’ section, the Hispanic

population varies by national origin

group, nativity status, socioeconomic

status, and important demographic

characteristics, such as age structure and

fertility. Hispanic life tables presented in

this report will tend to reflect the

mortality profile of the MexicanAmerican population, which makes up

64.5 percent of the total Hispanic

population in the United States.

Similarly, it is possible that mortality

profiles for the Hispanic population

differ by nativity status, particularly if

migrant selectivity or return migration

play a role in the Hispanic mortality

advantage. As a result, the next steps

that need to be taken to better portray

the mortality of the Hispanic population

in the United States is to produce life

tables by Hispanic origin subgroup and

nativity status.

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Table 1. Life table for the Hispanic population: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table1.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.005446 100,000 545 99,521 8,060,110 80.6

1–2 ............................. 0.000391 99,455 39 99,436 7,960,590 80.0

2–3 ............................. 0.000285 99,417 28 99,402 7,861,154 79.1

3–4 ............................. 0.000195 99,388 19 99,378 7,761,751 78.1

4–5 ............................. 0.000182 99,369 18 99,360 7,662,373 77.1

5–6 ............................. 0.000148 99,351 15 99,343 7,563,013 76.1

6–7 ............................. 0.000130 99,336 13 99,330 7,463,670 75.1

7–8 ............................. 0.000116 99,323 12 99,317 7,364,340 74.1

8–9 ............................. 0.000104 99,312 10 99,306 7,265,023 73.2

9–10 ............................ 0.000092 99,301 9 99,297 7,165,716 72.2

10–11............................ 0.000087 99,292 9 99,288 7,066,420 71.2

11–12............................ 0.000097 99,284 10 99,279 6,967,132 70.2

12–13 ........................... 0.000135 99,274 13 99,267 6,867,853 69.2

13–14 ........................... 0.000208 99,260 21 99,250 6,768,586 68.2

14–15 ........................... 0.000309 99,240 31 99,225 6,669,336 67.2

15–16 ........................... 0.000426 99,209 42 99,188 6,570,111 66.2

16–17 ........................... 0.000543 99,167 54 99,140 6,470,923 65.3

17–18 ........................... 0.000650 99,113 64 99,081 6,371,783 64.3

18–19 ........................... 0.000737 99,049 73 99,012 6,272,702 63.3

19–20 ........................... 0.000802 98,976 79 98,936 6,173,690 62.4

20–21 ........................... 0.000866 98,896 86 98,853 6,074,754 61.4

21–22 ........................... 0.000925 98,811 91 98,765 5,975,901 60.5

22–23 ........................... 0.000951 98,719 94 98,672 5,877,136 59.5

23–24 ........................... 0.000939 98,625 93 98,579 5,778,464 58.6

24–25 ........................... 0.000902 98,533 89 98,488 5,679,885 57.6

25–26 ........................... 0.000857 98,444 84 98,402 5,581,397 56.7

26–27 ........................... 0.000819 98,359 81 98,319 5,482,995 55.7

27–28 ........................... 0.000793 98,279 78 98,240 5,384,676 54.8

28–29 ........................... 0.000785 98,201 77 98,162 5,286,436 53.8

29–30 ........................... 0.000792 98,124 78 98,085 5,188,274 52.9

30–31 ........................... 0.000802 98,046 79 98,007 5,090,189 51.9

31–32 ........................... 0.000814 97,967 80 97,928 4,992,182 51.0

32–33 ........................... 0.000827 97,888 81 97,847 4,894,255 50.0

33–34 ........................... 0.000879 97,807 86 97,764 4,796,407 49.0

34–35 ........................... 0.000934 97,721 91 97,675 4,698,644 48.1

35–36 ........................... 0.000999 97,630 98 97,581 4,600,969 47.1

36–37 ........................... 0.001072 97,532 105 97,480 4,503,388 46.2

37–38 ........................... 0.001159 97,427 113 97,371 4,405,908 45.2

38–39 ........................... 0.001260 97,314 123 97,253 4,308,537 44.3

39–40 ........................... 0.001373 97,192 133 97,125 4,211,284 43.3

40–41 ........................... 0.001496 97,058 145 96,986 4,114,159 42.4

41–42 ........................... 0.001630 96,913 158 96,834 4,017,173 41.5

42–43 ........................... 0.001771 96,755 171 96,670 3,920,339 40.5

43–44 ........................... 0.001920 96,584 185 96,491 3,823,669 39.6

44–45 ........................... 0.002082 96,398 201 96,298 3,727,178 38.7

45–46 ........................... 0.002255 96,198 217 96,089 3,630,880 37.7

46–47 ........................... 0.002445 95,981 235 95,863 3,534,791 36.8

47–48 ........................... 0.002657 95,746 254 95,619 3,438,927 35.9

48–49 ........................... 0.002894 95,492 276 95,354 3,343,308 35.0

49–50 ........................... 0.003157 95,215 301 95,065 3,247,955 34.1

50–51 ........................... 0.003452 94,915 328 94,751 3,152,890 33.2

51–52 ........................... 0.003769 94,587 357 94,409 3,058,139 32.3

52–53 ........................... 0.004086 94,231 385 94,038 2,963,730 31.5

53–54 ........................... 0.004382 93,846 411 93,640 2,869,692 30.6

54–55 ........................... 0.004662 93,434 436 93,216 2,776,052 29.7

55–56 ........................... 0.004952 92,999 460 92,768 2,682,836 28.8

56–57 ........................... 0.005271 92,538 488 92,294 2,590,067 28.0

57–58 ........................... 0.005620 92,050 517 91,792 2,497,773 27.1

58–59 ........................... 0.006019 91,533 551 91,258 2,405,982 26.3

59–60 ........................... 0.006484 90,982 590 90,687 2,314,724 25.4

60–61 ........................... 0.007018 90,392 634 90,075 2,224,037 24.6

61–62 ........................... 0.007629 89,758 685 89,415 2,133,962 23.8
Series 2, No. 152 [ Page 17

Table 1. Life table for the Hispanic population: United States, 2006—Con.

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table1.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.008337 89,073 743 88,702 2,044,547 23.0

63–64 ........................... 0.009131 88,330 807 87,927 1,955,845 22.1

64–65 ........................... 0.009997 87,524 875 87,086 1,867,918 21.3

65–66 ........................... 0.010937 86,649 948 86,175 1,780,832 20.6

66–67 ........................... 0.011969 85,701 1,026 85,188 1,694,657 19.8

67–68 ........................... 0.013092 84,675 1,109 84,121 1,609,469 19.0

68–69 ........................... 0.014322 83,567 1,197 82,968 1,525,348 18.3

69–70 ........................... 0.015670 82,370 1,291 81,725 1,442,380 17.5

70–71 ........................... 0.017094 81,079 1,386 80,386 1,360,655 16.8

71–72 ........................... 0.018615 79,693 1,484 78,951 1,280,269 16.1

72–73 ........................... 0.020322 78,210 1,589 77,415 1,201,317 15.4

73–74 ........................... 0.022257 76,620 1,705 75,768 1,123,903 14.7

74–75 ........................... 0.024396 74,915 1,828 74,001 1,048,135 14.0

75–76 ........................... 0.026621 73,087 1,946 72,114 974,134 13.3

76–77 ........................... 0.028991 71,142 2,062 70,110 902,019 12.7

77–78 ........................... 0.031773 69,079 2,195 67,982 831,909 12.0

78–79 ........................... 0.035066 66,884 2,345 65,712 763,927 11.4

79–80 ........................... 0.038878 64,539 2,509 63,284 698,216 10.8

80–81 ........................... 0.043196 62,030 2,679 60,690 634,931 10.2

81–82 ........................... 0.048024 59,350 2,850 57,925 574,241 9.7

82–83 ........................... 0.052933 56,500 2,991 55,005 516,316 9.1

83–84 ........................... 0.058312 53,509 3,120 51,949 461,311 8.6

84–85 ........................... 0.064202 50,389 3,235 48,772 409,362 8.1

85–86 ........................... 0.070642 47,154 3,331 45,489 360,590 7.6

86–87 ........................... 0.077674 43,823 3,404 42,121 315,102 7.2

87–88 ........................... 0.085342 40,419 3,449 38,694 272,981 6.8

88–89 ........................... 0.093691 36,970 3,464 35,238 234,286 6.3

89–90 ........................... 0.102764 33,506 3,443 31,784 199,049 5.9

90–91 ........................... 0.112606 30,063 3,385 28,370 167,264 5.6

91–92 ........................... 0.123262 26,677 3,288 25,033 138,894 5.2

92–93 ........................... 0.134772 23,389 3,152 21,813 113,861 4.9

93–94 ........................... 0.147178 20,237 2,978 18,748 92,048 4.5

94–95 ........................... 0.160513 17,259 2,770 15,873 73,300 4.2

95–96 ........................... 0.174809 14,488 2,533 13,222 57,427 4.0

96–97 ........................... 0.190090 11,956 2,273 10,819 44,205 3.7

97–98 ........................... 0.206373 9,683 1,998 8,684 33,385 3.4

98–99 ........................... 0.223665 7,685 1,719 6,825 24,702 3.2

99–100........................... 0.241964 5,966 1,444 5,244 17,876 3.0

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 4,522 4,522 12,632 12,632 2.8
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Table 2. Life table for Hispanic males: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table2.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.005897 100,000 590 99,482 7,790,457 77.9

1–2 ............................. 0.000395 99,410 39 99,391 7,690,975 77.4

2–3 ............................. 0.000330 99,371 33 99,355 7,591,585 76.4

3–4 ............................. 0.000212 99,338 21 99,328 7,492,230 75.4

4–5 ............................. 0.000211 99,317 21 99,307 7,392,902 74.4

5–6 ............................. 0.000170 99,296 17 99,288 7,293,596 73.5

6–7 ............................. 0.000154 99,279 15 99,272 7,194,308 72.5

7–8 ............................. 0.000139 99,264 14 99,257 7,095,036 71.5

8–9 ............................. 0.000118 99,250 12 99,244 6,995,779 70.5

9–10 ............................ 0.000093 99,239 9 99,234 6,896,535 69.5

10–11............................ 0.000075 99,229 7 99,226 6,797,301 68.5

11–12............................ 0.000083 99,222 8 99,218 6,698,075 67.5

12–13 ........................... 0.000138 99,214 14 99,207 6,598,857 66.5

13–14 ........................... 0.000257 99,200 25 99,187 6,499,651 65.5

14–15 ........................... 0.000427 99,175 42 99,153 6,400,463 64.5

15–16 ........................... 0.000623 99,132 62 99,101 6,301,310 63.6

16–17 ........................... 0.000816 99,070 81 99,030 6,202,209 62.6

17–18 ........................... 0.000993 98,990 98 98,940 6,103,179 61.7

18–19 ........................... 0.001131 98,891 112 98,835 6,004,238 60.7

19–20 ........................... 0.001229 98,779 121 98,719 5,905,403 59.8

20–21 ........................... 0.001321 98,658 130 98,593 5,806,684 58.9

21–22 ........................... 0.001403 98,528 138 98,459 5,708,091 57.9

22–23 ........................... 0.001434 98,390 141 98,319 5,609,633 57.0

23–24 ........................... 0.001406 98,248 138 98,179 5,511,314 56.1

24–25 ........................... 0.001340 98,110 132 98,045 5,413,134 55.2

25–26 ........................... 0.001263 97,979 124 97,917 5,315,090 54.2

26–27 ........................... 0.001198 97,855 117 97,796 5,217,173 53.3

27–28 ........................... 0.001153 97,738 113 97,682 5,119,376 52.4

28–29 ........................... 0.001135 97,625 111 97,570 5,021,695 51.4

29–30 ........................... 0.001140 97,514 111 97,459 4,924,125 50.5

30–31 ........................... 0.001151 97,403 112 97,347 4,826,666 49.6

31–32 ........................... 0.001163 97,291 113 97,234 4,729,319 48.6

32–33 ........................... 0.001165 97,178 113 97,121 4,632,085 47.7

33–34 ........................... 0.001227 97,065 119 97,005 4,534,964 46.7

34–35 ........................... 0.001282 96,946 124 96,883 4,437,958 45.8

35–36 ........................... 0.001345 96,821 130 96,756 4,341,075 44.8

36–37 ........................... 0.001421 96,691 137 96,622 4,244,319 43.9

37–38 ........................... 0.001524 96,554 147 96,480 4,147,696 43.0

38–39 ........................... 0.001657 96,407 160 96,327 4,051,216 42.0

39–40 ........................... 0.001815 96,247 175 96,159 3,954,889 41.1

40–41 ........................... 0.001995 96,072 192 95,976 3,858,730 40.2

41–42 ........................... 0.002183 95,880 209 95,776 3,762,754 39.2

42–43 ........................... 0.002364 95,671 226 95,558 3,666,978 38.3

43–44 ........................... 0.002530 95,445 241 95,324 3,571,420 37.4

44–45 ........................... 0.002690 95,203 256 95,075 3,476,096 36.5

45–46 ........................... 0.002857 94,947 271 94,812 3,381,020 35.6

46–47 ........................... 0.003049 94,676 289 94,532 3,286,208 34.7

47–48 ........................... 0.003285 94,387 310 94,232 3,191,677 33.8

48–49 ........................... 0.003580 94,077 337 93,909 3,097,444 32.9

49–50 ........................... 0.003932 93,741 369 93,556 3,003,535 32.0

50–51 ........................... 0.004330 93,372 404 93,170 2,909,979 31.2

51–52 ........................... 0.004757 92,968 442 92,747 2,816,809 30.3

52–53 ........................... 0.005196 92,525 481 92,285 2,724,062 29.4

53–54 ........................... 0.005621 92,045 517 91,786 2,631,777 28.6

54–55 ........................... 0.006032 91,527 552 91,251 2,539,991 27.8

55–56 ........................... 0.006467 90,975 588 90,681 2,448,740 26.9

56–57 ........................... 0.006940 90,387 627 90,073 2,358,059 26.1

57–58 ........................... 0.007420 89,760 666 89,427 2,267,985 25.3

58–59 ........................... 0.007913 89,094 705 88,741 2,178,559 24.5

59–60 ........................... 0.008447 88,389 747 88,015 2,089,817 23.6

60–61 ........................... 0.009037 87,642 792 87,246 2,001,802 22.8

61–62 ........................... 0.009720 86,850 844 86,428 1,914,556 22.0
Series 2, No. 152 [ Page 19

Table 2. Life table for Hispanic males: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table2.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.010541 86,006 907 85,552 1,828,128 21.3

63–64 ........................... 0.011514 85,099 980 84,609 1,742,576 20.5

64–65 ........................... 0.012609 84,119 1,061 83,589 1,657,967 19.7

65–66 ........................... 0.013794 83,059 1,146 82,486 1,574,378 19.0

66–67 ........................... 0.015069 81,913 1,234 81,296 1,491,892 18.2

67–68 ........................... 0.016447 80,679 1,327 80,015 1,410,596 17.5

68–69 ........................... 0.017949 79,352 1,424 78,640 1,330,581 16.8

69–70 ........................... 0.019590 77,927 1,527 77,164 1,251,941 16.1

70–71 ........................... 0.021335 76,401 1,630 75,586 1,174,777 15.4

71–72 ........................... 0.023184 74,771 1,734 73,904 1,099,191 14.7

72–73 ........................... 0.025208 73,037 1,841 72,117 1,025,287 14.0

73–74 ........................... 0.027433 71,196 1,953 70,220 953,171 13.4

74–75 ........................... 0.029837 69,243 2,066 68,210 882,951 12.8

75–76 ........................... 0.032292 67,177 2,169 66,092 814,741 12.1

76–77 ........................... 0.035015 65,008 2,276 63,870 748,649 11.5

77–78 ........................... 0.038310 62,732 2,403 61,530 684,779 10.9

78–79 ........................... 0.042298 60,328 2,552 59,052 623,249 10.3

79–80 ........................... 0.046949 57,777 2,713 56,420 564,197 9.8

80–81 ........................... 0.052228 55,064 2,876 53,626 507,776 9.2

81–82 ........................... 0.058095 52,188 3,032 50,672 454,150 8.7

82–83 ........................... 0.063844 49,156 3,138 47,587 403,478 8.2

83–84 ........................... 0.070120 46,018 3,227 44,405 355,891 7.7

84–85 ........................... 0.076962 42,791 3,293 41,144 311,486 7.3

85–86 ........................... 0.084411 39,498 3,334 37,831 270,342 6.8

86–87 ........................... 0.092509 36,164 3,345 34,491 232,511 6.4

87–88 ........................... 0.101298 32,818 3,324 31,156 198,020 6.0

88–89 ........................... 0.110820 29,494 3,269 27,860 166,864 5.7

89–90 ........................... 0.121116 26,225 3,176 24,637 139,004 5.3

90–91 ........................... 0.132226 23,049 3,048 21,525 114,367 5.0

91–92 ........................... 0.144189 20,001 2,884 18,559 92,842 4.6

92–93 ........................... 0.157038 17,117 2,688 15,773 74,283 4.3

93–94 ........................... 0.170803 14,429 2,465 13,197 58,509 4.1

94–95 ........................... 0.185510 11,965 2,220 10,855 45,312 3.8

95–96 ........................... 0.201175 9,745 1,960 8,765 34,457 3.5

96–97 ........................... 0.217810 7,785 1,696 6,937 25,692 3.3

97–98 ........................... 0.235415 6,089 1,433 5,372 18,756 3.1

98–99 ........................... 0.253981 4,656 1,182 4,064 13,383 2.9

99–100........................... 0.273487 3,473 950 2,998 9,319 2.7

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 2,523 2,523 6,321 6,321 2.5
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Table 3. Life table for Hispanic females: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table3.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.004974 100,000 497 99,561 8,313,014 83.1

1–2 ............................. 0.000386 99,503 38 99,483 8,213,453 82.5

2–3 ............................. 0.000239 99,464 24 99,452 8,113,970 81.6

3–4 ............................. 0.000178 99,440 18 99,432 8,014,518 80.6

4–5 ............................. 0.000151 99,423 15 99,415 7,915,086 79.6

5–6 ............................. 0.000124 99,408 12 99,402 7,815,671 78.6

6–7 ............................. 0.000105 99,395 10 99,390 7,716,269 77.6

7–8 ............................. 0.000093 99,385 9 99,380 7,616,879 76.6

8–9 ............................. 0.000089 99,376 9 99,371 7,517,499 75.6

9–10 ............................ 0.000091 99,367 9 99,362 7,418,128 74.7

10–11............................ 0.000099 99,358 10 99,353 7,318,765 73.7

11–12............................ 0.000112 99,348 11 99,342 7,219,412 72.7

12–13 ........................... 0.000132 99,337 13 99,330 7,120,070 71.7

13–14 ........................... 0.000157 99,324 16 99,316 7,020,739 70.7

14–15 ........................... 0.000187 99,308 19 99,299 6,921,423 69.7

15–16 ........................... 0.000222 99,290 22 99,279 6,822,124 68.7

16–17 ........................... 0.000258 99,268 26 99,255 6,722,846 67.7

17–18 ........................... 0.000290 99,242 29 99,228 6,623,591 66.7

18–19 ........................... 0.000316 99,213 31 99,198 6,524,363 65.8

19–20 ........................... 0.000334 99,182 33 99,165 6,425,165 64.8

20–21 ........................... 0.000353 99,149 35 99,131 6,326,000 63.8

21–22 ........................... 0.000371 99,114 37 99,095 6,226,869 62.8

22–23 ........................... 0.000381 99,077 38 99,058 6,127,773 61.8

23–24 ........................... 0.000379 99,039 38 99,020 6,028,715 60.9

24–25 ........................... 0.000371 99,002 37 98,983 5,929,695 59.9

25–26 ........................... 0.000361 98,965 36 98,947 5,830,711 58.9

26–27 ........................... 0.000355 98,929 35 98,912 5,731,764 57.9

27–28 ........................... 0.000353 98,894 35 98,877 5,632,852 57.0

28–29 ........................... 0.000358 98,859 35 98,842 5,533,976 56.0

29–30 ........................... 0.000370 98,824 37 98,806 5,435,134 55.0

30–31 ........................... 0.000383 98,787 38 98,768 5,336,328 54.0

31–32 ........................... 0.000401 98,750 40 98,730 5,237,560 53.0

32–33 ........................... 0.000426 98,710 42 98,689 5,138,830 52.1

33–34 ........................... 0.000474 98,668 47 98,645 5,040,141 51.1

34–35 ........................... 0.000531 98,621 52 98,595 4,941,497 50.1

35–36 ........................... 0.000599 98,569 59 98,539 4,842,902 49.1

36–37 ........................... 0.000672 98,510 66 98,477 4,744,363 48.2

37–38 ........................... 0.000744 98,443 73 98,407 4,645,886 47.2

38–39 ........................... 0.000809 98,370 80 98,330 4,547,479 46.2

39–40 ........................... 0.000873 98,291 86 98,248 4,449,149 45.3

40–41 ........................... 0.000937 98,205 92 98,159 4,350,901 44.3

41–42 ........................... 0.001013 98,113 99 98,063 4,252,742 43.3

42–43 ........................... 0.001115 98,013 109 97,959 4,154,679 42.4

43–44 ........................... 0.001254 97,904 123 97,843 4,056,720 41.4

44–45 ........................... 0.001424 97,781 139 97,712 3,958,878 40.5

45–46 ........................... 0.001615 97,642 158 97,563 3,861,166 39.5

46–47 ........................... 0.001810 97,484 176 97,396 3,763,603 38.6

47–48 ........................... 0.002004 97,308 195 97,210 3,666,207 37.7

48–49 ........................... 0.002190 97,113 213 97,007 3,568,996 36.8

49–50 ........................... 0.002371 96,900 230 96,785 3,471,990 35.8

50–51 ........................... 0.002570 96,671 248 96,546 3,375,204 34.9

51–52 ........................... 0.002788 96,422 269 96,288 3,278,658 34.0

52–53 ........................... 0.002994 96,153 288 96,009 3,182,370 33.1

53–54 ........................... 0.003174 95,865 304 95,713 3,086,361 32.2

54–55 ........................... 0.003336 95,561 319 95,402 2,990,648 31.3

55–56 ........................... 0.003495 95,242 333 95,076 2,895,246 30.4

56–57 ........................... 0.003680 94,909 349 94,735 2,800,170 29.5

57–58 ........................... 0.003919 94,560 371 94,375 2,705,435 28.6

58–59 ........................... 0.004247 94,190 400 93,990 2,611,060 27.7

59–60 ........................... 0.004672 93,790 438 93,570 2,517,071 26.8

60–61 ........................... 0.005181 93,351 484 93,110 2,423,500 26.0

61–62 ........................... 0.005754 92,868 534 92,601 2,330,391 25.1
Series 2, No. 152 [ Page 21

Table 3. Life table for Hispanic females: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table3.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.006387 92,333 590 92,039 2,237,790 24.2

63–64 ........................... 0.007048 91,744 647 91,420 2,145,752 23.4

64–65 ........................... 0.007735 91,097 705 90,745 2,054,331 22.6

65–66 ........................... 0.008481 90,392 767 90,009 1,963,587 21.7

66–67 ........................... 0.009326 89,626 836 89,208 1,873,578 20.9

67–68 ........................... 0.010261 88,790 911 88,334 1,784,370 20.1

68–69 ........................... 0.011303 87,879 993 87,382 1,696,036 19.3

69–70 ........................... 0.012461 86,886 1,083 86,344 1,608,653 18.5

70–71 ........................... 0.013684 85,803 1,174 85,216 1,522,309 17.7

71–72 ........................... 0.015003 84,629 1,270 83,994 1,437,093 17.0

72–73 ........................... 0.016522 83,359 1,377 82,670 1,353,100 16.2

73–74 ........................... 0.018294 81,982 1,500 81,232 1,270,429 15.5

74–75 ........................... 0.020291 80,482 1,633 79,665 1,189,197 14.8

75–76 ........................... 0.022401 78,849 1,766 77,966 1,109,532 14.1

76–77 ........................... 0.024578 77,083 1,895 76,135 1,031,566 13.4

77–78 ........................... 0.027085 75,188 2,036 74,170 955,431 12.7

78–79 ........................... 0.030020 73,151 2,196 72,053 881,261 12.0

79–80 ........................... 0.033423 70,955 2,372 69,770 809,208 11.4

80–81 ........................... 0.037310 68,584 2,559 67,305 739,438 10.8

81–82 ........................... 0.041726 66,025 2,755 64,648 672,134 10.2

82–83 ........................... 0.046354 63,270 2,933 61,804 607,486 9.6

83–84 ........................... 0.051467 60,337 3,105 58,785 545,682 9.0

84–85 ........................... 0.057111 57,232 3,269 55,598 486,898 8.5

85–86 ........................... 0.063332 53,963 3,418 52,255 431,300 8.0

86–87 ........................... 0.070181 50,546 3,547 48,772 379,046 7.5

87–88 ........................... 0.077709 46,998 3,652 45,172 330,274 7.0

88–89 ........................... 0.085969 43,346 3,726 41,483 285,101 6.6

89–90 ........................... 0.095017 39,620 3,765 37,737 243,618 6.1

90–91 ........................... 0.104909 35,855 3,762 33,974 205,881 5.7

91–92 ........................... 0.115698 32,094 3,713 30,237 171,907 5.4

92–93 ........................... 0.127439 28,380 3,617 26,572 141,669 5.0

93–94 ........................... 0.140182 24,764 3,471 23,028 115,097 4.6

94–95 ........................... 0.153975 21,292 3,278 19,653 92,069 4.3

95–96 ........................... 0.168858 18,014 3,042 16,493 72,416 4.0

96–97 ........................... 0.184866 14,972 2,768 13,588 55,923 3.7

97–98 ........................... 0.202022 12,204 2,466 10,971 42,335 3.5

98–99 ........................... 0.220340 9,739 2,146 8,666 31,364 3.2

99–100........................... 0.239820 7,593 1,821 6,682 22,698 3.0

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 5,772 5,772 16,016 16,016 2.8
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Table 4. Life table for the non-Hispanic white population: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table4.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.005589 100,000 559 99,509 7,806,508 78.1

1–2 ............................. 0.000392 99,441 39 99,422 7,707,000 77.5

2–3 ............................. 0.000252 99,402 25 99,390 7,607,578 76.5

3–4 ............................. 0.000194 99,377 19 99,367 7,508,189 75.6

4–5 ............................. 0.000157 99,358 16 99,350 7,408,821 74.6

5–6 ............................. 0.000152 99,342 15 99,335 7,309,471 73.6

6–7 ............................. 0.000145 99,327 14 99,320 7,210,136 72.6

7–8 ............................. 0.000135 99,313 13 99,306 7,110,817 71.6

8–9 ............................. 0.000118 99,299 12 99,294 7,011,510 70.6

9–10 ............................ 0.000095 99,288 9 99,283 6,912,217 69.6

10–11............................ 0.000076 99,278 8 99,274 6,812,934 68.6

11–12............................ 0.000075 99,271 7 99,267 6,713,660 67.6

12–13 ........................... 0.000109 99,263 11 99,258 6,614,393 66.6

13–14 ........................... 0.000186 99,252 18 99,243 6,515,135 65.6

14–15 ........................... 0.000292 99,234 29 99,219 6,415,892 64.7

15–16 ........................... 0.000404 99,205 40 99,185 6,316,672 63.7

16–17 ........................... 0.000507 99,165 50 99,140 6,217,487 62.7

17–18 ........................... 0.000602 99,115 60 99,085 6,118,348 61.7

18–19 ........................... 0.000686 99,055 68 99,021 6,019,263 60.8

19–20 ........................... 0.000761 98,987 75 98,949 5,920,242 59.8

20–21 ........................... 0.000838 98,912 83 98,870 5,821,292 58.9

21–22 ........................... 0.000913 98,829 90 98,784 5,722,422 57.9

22–23 ........................... 0.000963 98,739 95 98,691 5,623,638 57.0

23–24 ........................... 0.000982 98,643 97 98,595 5,524,947 56.0

24–25 ........................... 0.000977 98,547 96 98,498 5,426,352 55.1

25–26 ........................... 0.000965 98,450 95 98,403 5,327,854 54.1

26–27 ........................... 0.000957 98,355 94 98,308 5,229,451 53.2

27–28 ........................... 0.000954 98,261 94 98,214 5,131,143 52.2

28–29 ........................... 0.000960 98,167 94 98,120 5,032,928 51.3

29–30 ........................... 0.000976 98,073 96 98,025 4,934,808 50.3

30–31 ........................... 0.001000 97,978 98 97,929 4,836,783 49.4

31–32 ........................... 0.001031 97,880 101 97,829 4,738,854 48.4

32–33 ........................... 0.001079 97,779 106 97,726 4,641,025 47.5

33–34 ........................... 0.001113 97,673 109 97,619 4,543,299 46.5

34–35 ........................... 0.001163 97,565 113 97,508 4,445,680 45.6

35–36 ........................... 0.001220 97,451 119 97,392 4,348,173 44.6

36–37 ........................... 0.001291 97,332 126 97,269 4,250,781 43.7

37–38 ........................... 0.001387 97,206 135 97,139 4,153,511 42.7

38–39 ........................... 0.001511 97,072 147 96,998 4,056,372 41.8

39–40 ........................... 0.001660 96,925 161 96,845 3,959,374 40.8

40–41 ........................... 0.001819 96,764 176 96,676 3,862,530 39.9

41–42 ........................... 0.001984 96,588 192 96,492 3,765,853 39.0

42–43 ........................... 0.002167 96,396 209 96,292 3,669,361 38.1

43–44 ........................... 0.002366 96,188 228 96,074 3,573,069 37.1

44–45 ........................... 0.002579 95,960 247 95,836 3,476,995 36.2

45–46 ........................... 0.002801 95,713 268 95,579 3,381,159 35.3

46–47 ........................... 0.003029 95,444 289 95,300 3,285,581 34.4

47–48 ........................... 0.003269 95,155 311 95,000 3,190,281 33.5

48–49 ........................... 0.003530 94,844 335 94,677 3,095,281 32.6

49–50 ........................... 0.003817 94,510 361 94,329 3,000,604 31.7

50–51 ........................... 0.004132 94,149 389 93,954 2,906,275 30.9

51–52 ........................... 0.004473 93,760 419 93,550 2,812,320 30.0

52–53 ........................... 0.004835 93,340 451 93,115 2,718,770 29.1

53–54 ........................... 0.005203 92,889 483 92,647 2,625,655 28.3

54–55 ........................... 0.005576 92,406 515 92,148 2,533,008 27.4

55–56 ........................... 0.005957 91,891 547 91,617 2,440,860 26.6

56–57 ........................... 0.006368 91,343 582 91,052 2,349,243 25.7

57–58 ........................... 0.006835 90,762 620 90,451 2,258,191 24.9

58–59 ........................... 0.007398 90,141 667 89,808 2,167,739 24.0

59–60 ........................... 0.008081 89,474 723 89,113 2,077,931 23.2

60–61 ........................... 0.008910 88,751 791 88,356 1,988,819 22.4

61–62 ........................... 0.009847 87,961 866 87,527 1,900,463 21.6
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Table 4. Life table for the non-Hispanic white population: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table4.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.010827 87,094 943 86,623 1,812,935 20.8

63–64 ........................... 0.011763 86,151 1,013 85,645 1,726,312 20.0

64–65 ........................... 0.012662 85,138 1,078 84,599 1,640,668 19.3

65–66 ........................... 0.013644 84,060 1,147 83,487 1,556,069 18.5

66–67 ........................... 0.014668 82,913 1,216 82,305 1,472,582 17.8

67–68 ........................... 0.015860 81,697 1,296 81,049 1,390,277 17.0

68–69 ........................... 0.017242 80,401 1,386 79,708 1,309,228 16.3

69–70 ........................... 0.018833 79,015 1,488 78,271 1,229,520 15.6

70–71 ........................... 0.020620 77,527 1,599 76,728 1,151,249 14.8

71–72 ........................... 0.022666 75,928 1,721 75,068 1,074,521 14.2

72–73 ........................... 0.025034 74,207 1,858 73,278 999,454 13.5

73–74 ........................... 0.027733 72,350 2,006 71,346 926,175 12.8

74–75 ........................... 0.030756 70,343 2,163 69,261 854,829 12.2

75–76 ........................... 0.034136 68,180 2,327 67,016 785,568 11.5

76–77 ........................... 0.037808 65,852 2,490 64,607 718,552 10.9

77–78 ........................... 0.041857 63,363 2,652 62,036 653,944 10.3

78–79 ........................... 0.046320 60,710 2,812 59,304 591,908 9.7

79–80 ........................... 0.051233 57,898 2,966 56,415 532,604 9.2

80–81 ........................... 0.056637 54,932 3,111 53,376 476,188 8.7

81–82 ........................... 0.062572 51,821 3,243 50,200 422,812 8.2

82–83 ........................... 0.069084 48,578 3,356 46,900 372,613 7.7

83–84 ........................... 0.076219 45,222 3,447 43,499 325,712 7.2

84–85 ........................... 0.084024 41,775 3,510 40,020 282,213 6.8

85–86 ........................... 0.092548 38,265 3,541 36,495 242,193 6.3

86–87 ........................... 0.101841 34,724 3,536 32,956 205,698 5.9

87–88 ........................... 0.111952 31,188 3,492 29,442 172,743 5.5

88–89 ........................... 0.122930 27,696 3,405 25,994 143,301 5.2

89–90 ........................... 0.134820 24,291 3,275 22,654 117,307 4.8

90–91 ........................... 0.147667 21,016 3,103 19,465 94,653 4.5

91–92 ........................... 0.161509 17,913 2,893 16,466 75,189 4.2

92–93 ........................... 0.176380 15,020 2,649 13,695 58,722 3.9

93–94 ........................... 0.192307 12,371 2,379 11,181 45,027 3.6

94–95 ........................... 0.209307 9,992 2,091 8,946 33,846 3.4

95–96 ........................... 0.227386 7,900 1,796 7,002 24,900 3.2

96–97 ........................... 0.246539 6,104 1,505 5,352 17,897 2.9

97–98 ........................... 0.266749 4,599 1,227 3,986 12,546 2.7

98–99 ........................... 0.287983 3,372 971 2,887 8,560 2.5

99–100........................... 0.310192 2,401 745 2,029 5,673 2.4

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 1,656 1,656 3,645 3,645 2.2
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Table 5. Life table for non-Hispanic white males: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table5.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.006196 100,000 620 99,455 7,559,586 75.6

1–2 ............................. 0.000393 99,380 39 99,361 7,460,131 75.1

2–3 ............................. 0.000273 99,341 27 99,328 7,360,770 74.1

3–4 ............................. 0.000222 99,314 22 99,303 7,261,442 73.1

4–5 ............................. 0.000167 99,292 17 99,284 7,162,139 72.1

5–6 ............................. 0.000167 99,275 17 99,267 7,062,855 71.1

6–7 ............................. 0.000159 99,259 16 99,251 6,963,588 70.2

7–8 ............................. 0.000148 99,243 15 99,236 6,864,337 69.2

8–9 ............................. 0.000127 99,228 13 99,222 6,765,101 68.2

9–10 ............................ 0.000099 99,216 10 99,211 6,665,879 67.2

10–11............................ 0.000077 99,206 8 99,202 6,566,669 66.2

11–12............................ 0.000078 99,198 8 99,194 6,467,467 65.2

12–13 ........................... 0.000125 99,191 12 99,184 6,368,272 64.2

13–14 ........................... 0.000228 99,178 23 99,167 6,269,088 63.2

14–15 ........................... 0.000370 99,155 37 99,137 6,169,921 62.2

15–16 ........................... 0.000517 99,119 51 99,093 6,070,784 61.2

16–17 ........................... 0.000654 99,068 65 99,035 5,971,691 60.3

17–18 ........................... 0.000792 99,003 78 98,964 5,872,656 59.3

18–19 ........................... 0.000930 98,924 92 98,878 5,773,692 58.4

19–20 ........................... 0.001064 98,832 105 98,780 5,674,814 57.4

20–21 ........................... 0.001206 98,727 119 98,668 5,576,034 56.5

21–22 ........................... 0.001339 98,608 132 98,542 5,477,366 55.5

22–23 ........................... 0.001426 98,476 140 98,406 5,378,824 54.6

23–24 ........................... 0.001451 98,336 143 98,264 5,280,418 53.7

24–25 ........................... 0.001430 98,193 140 98,123 5,182,154 52.8

25–26 ........................... 0.001391 98,053 136 97,984 5,084,031 51.9

26–27 ........................... 0.001361 97,916 133 97,849 4,986,047 50.9

27–28 ........................... 0.001338 97,783 131 97,717 4,888,198 50.0

28–29 ........................... 0.001333 97,652 130 97,587 4,790,480 49.1

29–30 ........................... 0.001344 97,522 131 97,456 4,692,893 48.1

30–31 ........................... 0.001365 97,391 133 97,324 4,595,437 47.2

31–32 ........................... 0.001391 97,258 135 97,190 4,498,113 46.2

32–33 ........................... 0.001442 97,123 140 97,053 4,400,922 45.3

33–34 ........................... 0.001465 96,982 142 96,911 4,303,870 44.4

34–35 ........................... 0.001514 96,840 147 96,767 4,206,958 43.4

35–36 ........................... 0.001573 96,694 152 96,618 4,110,191 42.5

36–37 ........................... 0.001652 96,542 159 96,462 4,013,573 41.6

37–38 ........................... 0.001761 96,382 170 96,297 3,917,111 40.6

38–39 ........................... 0.001908 96,212 184 96,121 3,820,814 39.7

39–40 ........................... 0.002085 96,029 200 95,929 3,724,693 38.8

40–41 ........................... 0.002277 95,829 218 95,720 3,628,764 37.9

41–42 ........................... 0.002479 95,610 237 95,492 3,533,045 37.0

42–43 ........................... 0.002706 95,373 258 95,244 3,437,553 36.0

43–44 ........................... 0.002957 95,115 281 94,975 3,342,308 35.1

44–45 ........................... 0.003228 94,834 306 94,681 3,247,334 34.2

45–46 ........................... 0.003507 94,528 331 94,362 3,152,653 33.4

46–47 ........................... 0.003795 94,196 357 94,018 3,058,290 32.5

47–48 ........................... 0.004107 93,839 385 93,646 2,964,273 31.6

48–49 ........................... 0.004453 93,454 416 93,246 2,870,626 30.7

49–50 ........................... 0.004839 93,037 450 92,812 2,777,381 29.9

50–51 ........................... 0.005265 92,587 487 92,344 2,684,568 29.0

51–52 ........................... 0.005717 92,100 527 91,837 2,592,225 28.1

52–53 ........................... 0.006180 91,573 566 91,290 2,500,388 27.3

53–54 ........................... 0.006628 91,007 603 90,706 2,409,098 26.5

54–55 ........................... 0.007063 90,404 638 90,085 2,318,392 25.6

55–56 ........................... 0.007502 89,766 673 89,429 2,228,307 24.8

56–57 ........................... 0.007979 89,092 711 88,737 2,138,878 24.0

57–58 ........................... 0.008521 88,381 753 88,005 2,050,141 23.2

58–59 ........................... 0.009181 87,628 805 87,226 1,962,136 22.4

59–60 ........................... 0.009985 86,824 867 86,390 1,874,911 21.6

60–61 ........................... 0.010957 85,957 942 85,486 1,788,520 20.8

61–62 ........................... 0.012058 85,015 1,025 84,502 1,703,034 20.0
Series 2, No. 152 [ Page 25

Table 5. Life table for non-Hispanic white males: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table5.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.013230 83,990 1,111 83,434 1,618,532 19.3

63–64 ........................... 0.014378 82,879 1,192 82,283 1,535,098 18.5

64–65 ........................... 0.015500 81,687 1,266 81,054 1,452,815 17.8

65–66 ........................... 0.016729 80,421 1,345 79,748 1,371,761 17.1

66–67 ........................... 0.018013 79,075 1,424 78,363 1,292,013 16.3

67–68 ........................... 0.019480 77,651 1,513 76,895 1,213,650 15.6

68–69 ........................... 0.021156 76,138 1,611 75,333 1,136,755 14.9

69–70 ........................... 0.023071 74,528 1,719 73,668 1,061,422 14.2

70–71 ........................... 0.025211 72,808 1,836 71,890 987,754 13.6

71–72 ........................... 0.027672 70,973 1,964 69,991 915,864 12.9

72–73 ........................... 0.030548 69,009 2,108 67,955 845,873 12.3

73–74 ........................... 0.033841 66,901 2,264 65,769 777,918 11.6

74–75 ........................... 0.037505 64,637 2,424 63,425 712,150 11.0

75–76 ........................... 0.041549 62,212 2,585 60,920 648,725 10.4

76–77 ........................... 0.045911 59,628 2,738 58,259 587,805 9.9

77–78 ........................... 0.050707 56,890 2,885 55,448 529,546 9.3

78–79 ........................... 0.055974 54,005 3,023 52,494 474,099 8.8

79–80 ........................... 0.061752 50,982 3,148 49,408 421,605 8.3

80–81 ........................... 0.068084 47,834 3,257 46,206 372,197 7.8

81–82 ........................... 0.075014 44,577 3,344 42,905 325,991 7.3

82–83 ........................... 0.082586 41,233 3,405 39,531 283,086 6.9

83–84 ........................... 0.090847 37,828 3,437 36,110 243,555 6.4

84–85 ........................... 0.099845 34,392 3,434 32,675 207,445 6.0

85–86 ........................... 0.109626 30,958 3,394 29,261 174,770 5.6

86–87 ........................... 0.120238 27,564 3,314 25,907 145,509 5.3

87–88 ........................... 0.131725 24,250 3,194 22,653 119,603 4.9

88–89 ........................... 0.144130 21,055 3,035 19,538 96,950 4.6

89–90 ........................... 0.157491 18,021 2,838 16,602 77,412 4.3

90–91 ........................... 0.171842 15,183 2,609 13,878 60,810 4.0

91–92 ........................... 0.187210 12,574 2,354 11,397 46,932 3.7

92–93 ........................... 0.203615 10,220 2,081 9,179 35,536 3.5

93–94 ........................... 0.221066 8,139 1,799 7,239 26,356 3.2

94–95 ........................... 0.239563 6,340 1,519 5,580 19,117 3.0

95–96 ........................... 0.259092 4,821 1,249 4,196 13,537 2.8

96–97 ........................... 0.279629 3,572 999 3,072 9,341 2.6

97–98 ........................... 0.301131 2,573 775 2,186 6,268 2.4

98–99 ........................... 0.323544 1,798 582 1,507 4,083 2.3

99–100........................... 0.346798 1,216 422 1,005 2,575 2.1

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 795 795 1,570 1,570 2.0
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Table 6. Life table for non-Hispanic white females: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table6.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.004950 100,000 495 99,566 8,045,444 80.5

1–2 ............................. 0.000392 99,505 39 99,486 7,945,878 79.9

2–3 ............................. 0.000229 99,466 23 99,455 7,846,392 78.9

3–4 ............................. 0.000165 99,443 16 99,435 7,746,937 77.9

4–5 ............................. 0.000146 99,427 14 99,420 7,647,502 76.9

5–6 ............................. 0.000136 99,412 14 99,406 7,548,083 75.9

6–7 ............................. 0.000129 99,399 13 99,392 7,448,677 74.9

7–8 ............................. 0.000121 99,386 12 99,380 7,349,285 73.9

8–9 ............................. 0.000108 99,374 11 99,369 7,249,904 73.0

9–10 ............................ 0.000091 99,363 9 99,359 7,150,536 72.0

10–11............................ 0.000075 99,354 7 99,351 7,051,177 71.0

11–12............................ 0.000072 99,347 7 99,343 6,951,826 70.0

12–13 ........................... 0.000092 99,340 9 99,335 6,852,483 69.0

13–14 ........................... 0.000141 99,331 14 99,324 6,753,148 68.0

14–15 ........................... 0.000209 99,317 21 99,306 6,653,824 67.0

15–16 ........................... 0.000284 99,296 28 99,282 6,554,518 66.0

16–17 ........................... 0.000351 99,268 35 99,250 6,455,237 65.0

17–18 ........................... 0.000401 99,233 40 99,213 6,355,986 64.1

18–19 ........................... 0.000429 99,193 43 99,172 6,256,774 63.1

19–20 ........................... 0.000441 99,150 44 99,129 6,157,602 62.1

20–21 ........................... 0.000449 99,107 44 99,084 6,058,473 61.1

21–22 ........................... 0.000462 99,062 46 99,039 5,959,389 60.2

22–23 ........................... 0.000475 99,016 47 98,993 5,860,350 59.2

23–24 ........................... 0.000490 98,969 49 98,945 5,761,357 58.2

24–25 ........................... 0.000507 98,921 50 98,896 5,662,411 57.2

25–26 ........................... 0.000526 98,871 52 98,845 5,563,516 56.3

26–27 ........................... 0.000546 98,819 54 98,792 5,464,671 55.3

27–28 ........................... 0.000565 98,765 56 98,737 5,365,879 54.3

28–29 ........................... 0.000584 98,709 58 98,680 5,267,142 53.4

29–30 ........................... 0.000604 98,651 60 98,622 5,168,462 52.4

30–31 ........................... 0.000631 98,592 62 98,561 5,069,840 51.4

31–32 ........................... 0.000668 98,530 66 98,497 4,971,280 50.5

32–33 ........................... 0.000715 98,464 70 98,429 4,872,783 49.5

33–34 ........................... 0.000758 98,393 75 98,356 4,774,354 48.5

34–35 ........................... 0.000809 98,319 80 98,279 4,675,998 47.6

35–36 ........................... 0.000863 98,239 85 98,197 4,577,719 46.6

36–37 ........................... 0.000927 98,155 91 98,109 4,479,522 45.6

37–38 ........................... 0.001008 98,064 99 98,014 4,381,413 44.7

38–39 ........................... 0.001111 97,965 109 97,910 4,283,399 43.7

39–40 ........................... 0.001233 97,856 121 97,796 4,185,489 42.8

40–41 ........................... 0.001360 97,735 133 97,669 4,087,693 41.8

41–42 ........................... 0.001490 97,602 145 97,530 3,990,024 40.9

42–43 ........................... 0.001629 97,457 159 97,378 3,892,495 39.9

43–44 ........................... 0.001778 97,298 173 97,212 3,795,117 39.0

44–45 ........................... 0.001935 97,125 188 97,031 3,697,906 38.1

45–46 ........................... 0.002099 96,937 203 96,835 3,600,874 37.1

46–47 ........................... 0.002269 96,734 219 96,624 3,504,039 36.2

47–48 ........................... 0.002440 96,514 235 96,397 3,407,415 35.3

48–49 ........................... 0.002617 96,279 252 96,153 3,311,019 34.4

49–50 ........................... 0.002808 96,027 270 95,892 3,214,866 33.5

50–51 ........................... 0.003016 95,757 289 95,613 3,118,974 32.6

51–52 ........................... 0.003250 95,468 310 95,313 3,023,361 31.7

52–53 ........................... 0.003516 95,158 335 94,991 2,928,048 30.8

53–54 ........................... 0.003809 94,824 361 94,643 2,833,057 29.9

54–55 ........................... 0.004124 94,462 390 94,268 2,738,414 29.0

55–56 ........................... 0.004453 94,073 419 93,863 2,644,147 28.1

56–57 ........................... 0.004803 93,654 450 93,429 2,550,283 27.2

57–58 ........................... 0.005202 93,204 485 92,962 2,456,854 26.4

58–59 ........................... 0.005680 92,719 527 92,456 2,363,893 25.5

59–60 ........................... 0.006256 92,193 577 91,904 2,271,437 24.6

60–61 ........................... 0.006961 91,616 638 91,297 2,179,533 23.8

61–62 ........................... 0.007759 90,978 706 90,625 2,088,236 23.0
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Table 6. Life table for non-Hispanic white females: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table6.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.008576 90,272 774 89,885 1,997,611 22.1

63–64 ........................... 0.009332 89,498 835 89,080 1,907,726 21.3

64–65 ........................... 0.010041 88,663 890 88,218 1,818,645 20.5

65–66 ........................... 0.010818 87,773 950 87,298 1,730,428 19.7

66–67 ........................... 0.011635 86,823 1,010 86,318 1,643,130 18.9

67–68 ........................... 0.012616 85,813 1,083 85,271 1,556,812 18.1

68–69 ........................... 0.013784 84,730 1,168 84,146 1,471,540 17.4

69–70 ........................... 0.015146 83,562 1,266 82,929 1,387,394 16.6

70–71 ........................... 0.016696 82,297 1,374 81,610 1,304,465 15.9

71–72 ........................... 0.018467 80,923 1,494 80,175 1,222,855 15.1

72–73 ........................... 0.020503 79,428 1,629 78,614 1,142,680 14.4

73–74 ........................... 0.022823 77,800 1,776 76,912 1,064,066 13.7

74–75 ........................... 0.025453 76,024 1,935 75,056 987,154 13.0

75–76 ........................... 0.028446 74,089 2,108 73,035 912,098 12.3

76–77 ........................... 0.031722 71,981 2,283 70,840 839,063 11.7

77–78 ........................... 0.035362 69,698 2,465 68,466 768,223 11.0

78–79 ........................... 0.039403 67,233 2,649 65,909 699,757 10.4

79–80 ........................... 0.043884 64,584 2,834 63,167 633,849 9.8

80–81 ........................... 0.048849 61,750 3,016 60,242 570,682 9.2

81–82 ........................... 0.054344 58,733 3,192 57,138 510,440 8.7

82–83 ........................... 0.060418 55,542 3,356 53,864 453,302 8.2

83–84 ........................... 0.067122 52,186 3,503 50,434 399,439 7.7

84–85 ........................... 0.074512 48,683 3,627 46,869 349,004 7.2

85–86 ........................... 0.082642 45,056 3,723 43,194 302,135 6.7

86–87 ........................... 0.091572 41,332 3,785 39,440 258,941 6.3

87–88 ........................... 0.101361 37,547 3,806 35,644 219,501 5.8

88–89 ........................... 0.112067 33,741 3,781 31,851 183,857 5.4

89–90 ........................... 0.123747 29,960 3,707 28,106 152,006 5.1

90–91 ........................... 0.136458 26,253 3,582 24,461 123,900 4.7

91–92 ........................... 0.150251 22,670 3,406 20,967 99,438 4.4

92–93 ........................... 0.165172 19,264 3,182 17,673 78,471 4.1

93–94 ........................... 0.181258 16,082 2,915 14,625 60,798 3.8

94–95 ........................... 0.198538 13,167 2,614 11,860 46,173 3.5

95–96 ........................... 0.217028 10,553 2,290 9,408 34,313 3.3

96–97 ........................... 0.236733 8,263 1,956 7,285 24,906 3.0

97–98 ........................... 0.257637 6,307 1,625 5,494 17,621 2.8

98–99 ........................... 0.279711 4,682 1,310 4,027 12,127 2.6

99–100........................... 0.302905 3,372 1,021 2,862 8,100 2.4

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 2,351 2,351 5,238 5,238 2.2
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Table 7. Life table for the non-Hispanic black population: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table7.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.013441 100,000 1,344 98,814 7,290,340 72.9

1–2 ............................. 0.000720 98,656 71 98,620 7,191,526 72.9

2–3 ............................. 0.000493 98,585 49 98,561 7,092,905 71.9

3–4 ............................. 0.000325 98,536 32 98,520 6,994,345 71.0

4–5 ............................. 0.000273 98,504 27 98,491 6,895,825 70.0

5–6 ............................. 0.000261 98,477 26 98,464 6,797,334 69.0

6–7 ............................. 0.000237 98,452 23 98,440 6,698,869 68.0

7–8 ............................. 0.000214 98,428 21 98,418 6,600,430 67.1

8–9 ............................. 0.000186 98,407 18 98,398 6,502,012 66.1

9–10 ............................ 0.000154 98,389 15 98,381 6,403,614 65.1

10–11............................ 0.000131 98,374 13 98,367 6,305,232 64.1

11–12............................ 0.000134 98,361 13 98,354 6,206,865 63.1

12–13 ........................... 0.000183 98,348 18 98,339 6,108,511 62.1

13–14 ........................... 0.000287 98,330 28 98,316 6,010,172 61.1

14–15 ........................... 0.000432 98,302 42 98,280 5,911,856 60.1

15–16 ........................... 0.000591 98,259 58 98,230 5,813,576 59.2

16–17 ........................... 0.000741 98,201 73 98,165 5,715,346 58.2

17–18 ........................... 0.000883 98,128 87 98,085 5,617,181 57.2

18–19 ........................... 0.001013 98,042 99 97,992 5,519,096 56.3

19–20 ........................... 0.001133 97,942 111 97,887 5,421,104 55.3

20–21 ........................... 0.001262 97,831 123 97,770 5,323,218 54.4

21–22 ........................... 0.001395 97,708 136 97,640 5,225,448 53.5

22–23 ........................... 0.001503 97,572 147 97,498 5,127,808 52.6

23–24 ........................... 0.001573 97,425 153 97,348 5,030,310 51.6

24–25 ........................... 0.001612 97,272 157 97,193 4,932,962 50.7

25–26 ........................... 0.001643 97,115 160 97,035 4,835,768 49.8

26–27 ........................... 0.001679 96,955 163 96,874 4,738,733 48.9

27–28 ........................... 0.001716 96,793 166 96,709 4,641,859 48.0

28–29 ........................... 0.001758 96,626 170 96,542 4,545,150 47.0

29–30 ........................... 0.001808 96,457 174 96,369 4,448,608 46.1

30–31 ........................... 0.001867 96,282 180 96,192 4,352,239 45.2

31–32 ........................... 0.001935 96,102 186 96,009 4,256,047 44.3

32–33 ........................... 0.002040 95,917 196 95,819 4,160,037 43.4

33–34 ........................... 0.002103 95,721 201 95,620 4,064,218 42.5

34–35 ........................... 0.002202 95,520 210 95,414 3,968,598 41.5

35–36 ........................... 0.002312 95,309 220 95,199 3,873,184 40.6

36–37 ........................... 0.002442 95,089 232 94,973 3,777,985 39.7

37–38 ........................... 0.002601 94,857 247 94,733 3,683,012 38.8

38–39 ........................... 0.002796 94,610 265 94,478 3,588,279 37.9

39–40 ........................... 0.003023 94,345 285 94,203 3,493,801 37.0

40–41 ........................... 0.003263 94,060 307 93,907 3,399,599 36.1

41–42 ........................... 0.003519 93,753 330 93,588 3,305,692 35.3

42–43 ........................... 0.003814 93,423 356 93,245 3,212,103 34.4

43–44 ........................... 0.004159 93,067 387 92,874 3,118,858 33.5

44–45 ........................... 0.004547 92,680 421 92,469 3,025,985 32.6

45–46 ........................... 0.004953 92,259 457 92,030 2,933,515 31.8

46–47 ........................... 0.005377 91,802 494 91,555 2,841,485 31.0

47–48 ........................... 0.005854 91,308 535 91,041 2,749,930 30.1

48–49 ........................... 0.006404 90,773 581 90,483 2,658,890 29.3

49–50 ........................... 0.007030 90,192 634 89,875 2,568,407 28.5

50–51 ........................... 0.007726 89,558 692 89,212 2,478,532 27.7

51–52 ........................... 0.008465 88,866 752 88,490 2,389,320 26.9

52–53 ........................... 0.009208 88,114 811 87,708 2,300,830 26.1

53–54 ........................... 0.009909 87,303 865 86,870 2,213,121 25.4

54–55 ........................... 0.010567 86,438 913 85,981 2,126,251 24.6

55–56 ........................... 0.011241 85,524 961 85,043 2,040,270 23.9

56–57 ........................... 0.011963 84,563 1,012 84,057 1,955,227 23.1

57–58 ........................... 0.012714 83,551 1,062 83,020 1,871,170 22.4

58–59 ........................... 0.013538 82,489 1,117 81,930 1,788,150 21.7

59–60 ........................... 0.014480 81,372 1,178 80,783 1,706,220 21.0

60–61 ........................... 0.015597 80,194 1,251 79,568 1,625,437 20.3

61–62 ........................... 0.016876 78,943 1,332 78,277 1,545,868 19.6
Series 2, No. 152 [ Page 29

Table 7. Life table for the non-Hispanic black population: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table7.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.018226 77,611 1,415 76,903 1,467,591 18.9

63–64 ........................... 0.019488 76,196 1,485 75,454 1,390,688 18.3

64–65 ........................... 0.020613 74,711 1,540 73,941 1,315,234 17.6

65–66 ........................... 0.021691 73,171 1,587 72,378 1,241,293 17.0

66–67 ........................... 0.022760 71,584 1,629 70,769 1,168,915 16.3

67–68 ........................... 0.024071 69,955 1,684 69,113 1,098,146 15.7

68–69 ........................... 0.025702 68,271 1,755 67,394 1,029,033 15.1

69–70 ........................... 0.027620 66,516 1,837 65,598 961,639 14.5

70–71 ........................... 0.029728 64,679 1,923 63,718 896,042 13.9

71–72 ........................... 0.032027 62,756 2,010 61,751 832,324 13.3

72–73 ........................... 0.034618 60,746 2,103 59,695 770,573 12.7

73–74 ........................... 0.037529 58,643 2,201 57,543 710,878 12.1

74–75 ........................... 0.040755 56,443 2,300 55,292 653,335 11.6

75–76 ........................... 0.044287 54,142 2,398 52,943 598,042 11.0

76–77 ........................... 0.047893 51,745 2,478 50,505 545,099 10.5

77–78 ........................... 0.051778 49,266 2,551 47,991 494,593 10.0

78–79 ........................... 0.055958 46,715 2,614 45,408 446,603 9.6

79–80 ........................... 0.060455 44,101 2,666 42,768 401,194 9.1

80–81 ........................... 0.065288 41,435 2,705 40,083 358,426 8.7

81–82 ........................... 0.070479 38,730 2,730 37,365 318,343 8.2

82–83 ........................... 0.076049 36,000 2,738 34,631 280,978 7.8

83–84 ........................... 0.082020 33,262 2,728 31,898 246,347 7.4

84–85 ........................... 0.088415 30,534 2,700 29,184 214,449 7.0

85–86 ........................... 0.095257 27,835 2,651 26,509 185,264 6.7

86–87 ........................... 0.102568 25,183 2,583 23,892 158,755 6.3

87–88 ........................... 0.110373 22,600 2,494 21,353 134,864 6.0

88–89 ........................... 0.118693 20,106 2,386 18,913 113,511 5.6

89–90 ........................... 0.127550 17,719 2,260 16,589 94,598 5.3

90–91 ........................... 0.136965 15,459 2,117 14,401 78,009 5.0

91–92 ........................... 0.146958 13,342 1,961 12,362 63,608 4.8

92–93 ........................... 0.157547 11,381 1,793 10,485 51,247 4.5

93–94 ........................... 0.168748 9,588 1,618 8,779 40,762 4.3

94–95 ........................... 0.180575 7,970 1,439 7,251 31,983 4.0

95–96 ........................... 0.193039 6,531 1,261 5,901 24,732 3.8

96–97 ........................... 0.206146 5,270 1,086 4,727 18,832 3.6

97–98 ........................... 0.219900 4,184 920 3,724 14,105 3.4

98–99 ........................... 0.234302 3,264 765 2,881 10,381 3.2

99–100........................... 0.249345 2,499 623 2,187 7,500 3.0

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 1,876 1,876 5,312 5,312 2.8
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Table 8. Life table for non-Hispanic black males: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table8.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.014466 100,000 1,447 98,724 6,928,521 69.3

1–2 ............................. 0.000787 98,553 78 98,515 6,829,797 69.3

2–3 ............................. 0.000470 98,476 46 98,453 6,731,282 68.4

3–4 ............................. 0.000388 98,430 38 98,410 6,632,830 67.4

4–5 ............................. 0.000283 98,391 28 98,377 6,534,419 66.4

5–6 ............................. 0.000286 98,364 28 98,349 6,436,042 65.4

6–7 ............................. 0.000274 98,335 27 98,322 6,337,692 64.4

7–8 ............................. 0.000255 98,308 25 98,296 6,239,370 63.5

8–9 ............................. 0.000215 98,283 21 98,273 6,141,075 62.5

9–10 ............................ 0.000159 98,262 16 98,254 6,042,802 61.5

10–11............................ 0.000110 98,247 11 98,241 5,944,547 60.5

11–12............................ 0.000104 98,236 10 98,231 5,846,306 59.5

12–13 ........................... 0.000181 98,226 18 98,217 5,748,075 58.5

13–14 ........................... 0.000360 98,208 35 98,190 5,649,859 57.5

14–15 ........................... 0.000611 98,173 60 98,143 5,551,668 56.6

15–16 ........................... 0.000887 98,113 87 98,069 5,453,526 55.6

16–17 ........................... 0.001143 98,026 112 97,970 5,355,457 54.6

17–18 ........................... 0.001378 97,914 135 97,846 5,257,487 53.7

18–19 ........................... 0.001579 97,779 154 97,701 5,159,641 52.8

19–20 ........................... 0.001756 97,624 171 97,538 5,061,940 51.9

20–21 ........................... 0.001940 97,453 189 97,358 4,964,401 50.9

21–22 ........................... 0.002130 97,264 207 97,160 4,867,043 50.0

22–23 ........................... 0.002282 97,057 221 96,946 4,769,883 49.1

23–24 ........................... 0.002378 96,835 230 96,720 4,672,937 48.3

24–25 ........................... 0.002431 96,605 235 96,487 4,576,217 47.4

25–26 ........................... 0.002467 96,370 238 96,251 4,479,730 46.5

26–27 ........................... 0.002507 96,132 241 96,012 4,383,479 45.6

27–28 ........................... 0.002542 95,891 244 95,769 4,287,467 44.7

28–29 ........................... 0.002581 95,647 247 95,524 4,191,697 43.8

29–30 ........................... 0.002625 95,401 250 95,275 4,096,173 42.9

30–31 ........................... 0.002675 95,150 255 95,023 4,000,898 42.0

31–32 ........................... 0.002731 94,896 259 94,766 3,905,875 41.2

32–33 ........................... 0.002854 94,637 270 94,501 3,811,109 40.3

33–34 ........................... 0.002871 94,366 271 94,231 3,716,608 39.4

34–35 ........................... 0.002959 94,096 278 93,956 3,622,377 38.5

35–36 ........................... 0.003063 93,817 287 93,673 3,528,420 37.6

36–37 ........................... 0.003191 93,530 298 93,380 3,434,747 36.7

37–38 ........................... 0.003350 93,231 312 93,075 3,341,366 35.8

38–39 ........................... 0.003545 92,919 329 92,754 3,248,291 35.0

39–40 ........................... 0.003778 92,590 350 92,415 3,155,537 34.1

40–41 ........................... 0.004030 92,240 372 92,054 3,063,122 33.2

41–42 ........................... 0.004313 91,868 396 91,670 2,971,069 32.3

42–43 ........................... 0.004661 91,472 426 91,259 2,879,399 31.5

43–44 ........................... 0.005088 91,045 463 90,814 2,788,140 30.6

44–45 ........................... 0.005586 90,582 506 90,329 2,697,326 29.8

45–46 ........................... 0.006107 90,076 550 89,801 2,606,997 28.9

46–47 ........................... 0.006657 89,526 596 89,228 2,517,196 28.1

47–48 ........................... 0.007308 88,930 650 88,605 2,427,968 27.3

48–49 ........................... 0.008101 88,280 715 87,923 2,339,362 26.5

49–50 ........................... 0.009030 87,565 791 87,170 2,251,440 25.7

50–51 ........................... 0.010084 86,775 875 86,337 2,164,270 24.9

51–52 ........................... 0.011194 85,899 962 85,419 2,077,933 24.2

52–53 ........................... 0.012277 84,938 1,043 84,417 1,992,514 23.5

53–54 ........................... 0.013236 83,895 1,110 83,340 1,908,097 22.7

54–55 ........................... 0.014079 82,785 1,165 82,202 1,824,757 22.0

55–56 ........................... 0.014916 81,619 1,217 81,011 1,742,555 21.3

56–57 ........................... 0.015823 80,402 1,272 79,766 1,661,545 20.7

57–58 ........................... 0.016779 79,130 1,328 78,466 1,581,779 20.0

58–59 ........................... 0.017858 77,802 1,389 77,107 1,503,313 19.3

59–60 ........................... 0.019118 76,412 1,461 75,682 1,426,206 18.7

60–61 ........................... 0.020624 74,952 1,546 74,179 1,350,524 18.0

61–62 ........................... 0.022336 73,406 1,640 72,586 1,276,346 17.4
Series 2, No. 152 [ Page 31

Table 8. Life table for non-Hispanic black males: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table8.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.024108 71,766 1,730 70,901 1,203,760 16.8

63–64 ........................... 0.025687 70,036 1,799 69,137 1,132,858 16.2

64–65 ........................... 0.027009 68,237 1,843 67,316 1,063,722 15.6

65–66 ........................... 0.028211 66,394 1,873 65,458 996,406 15.0

66–67 ........................... 0.029550 64,521 1,907 63,568 930,949 14.4

67–68 ........................... 0.031258 62,614 1,957 61,636 867,381 13.9

68–69 ........................... 0.033449 60,657 2,029 59,643 805,745 13.3

69–70 ........................... 0.036040 58,628 2,113 57,572 746,102 12.7

70–71 ........................... 0.038834 56,515 2,195 55,418 688,531 12.2

71–72 ........................... 0.041799 54,321 2,271 53,185 633,113 11.7

72–73 ........................... 0.045084 52,050 2,347 50,877 579,927 11.1

73–74 ........................... 0.048710 49,703 2,421 48,493 529,050 10.6

74–75 ........................... 0.052651 47,282 2,489 46,038 480,557 10.2

75–76 ........................... 0.056865 44,793 2,547 43,519 434,520 9.7

76–77 ........................... 0.061091 42,246 2,581 40,955 391,000 9.3

77–78 ........................... 0.065610 39,665 2,602 38,364 350,045 8.8

78–79 ........................... 0.070437 37,063 2,611 35,757 311,681 8.4

79–80 ........................... 0.075591 34,452 2,604 33,150 275,924 8.0

80–81 ........................... 0.081090 31,848 2,583 30,556 242,774 7.6

81–82 ........................... 0.086950 29,265 2,545 27,993 212,218 7.3

82–83 ........................... 0.093192 26,721 2,490 25,475 184,225 6.9

83–84 ........................... 0.099832 24,230 2,419 23,021 158,749 6.6

84–85 ........................... 0.106890 21,811 2,331 20,646 135,728 6.2

85–86 ........................... 0.114383 19,480 2,228 18,366 115,083 5.9

86–87 ........................... 0.122329 17,252 2,110 16,197 96,717 5.6

87–88 ........................... 0.130746 15,141 1,980 14,152 80,520 5.3

88–89 ........................... 0.139650 13,162 1,838 12,243 66,368 5.0

89–90 ........................... 0.149057 11,324 1,688 10,480 54,126 4.8

90–91 ........................... 0.158980 9,636 1,532 8,870 43,646 4.5

91–92 ........................... 0.169432 8,104 1,373 7,417 34,776 4.3

92–93 ........................... 0.180424 6,731 1,214 6,124 27,359 4.1

93–94 ........................... 0.191964 5,516 1,059 4,987 21,235 3.8

94–95 ........................... 0.204058 4,457 910 4,003 16,248 3.6

95–96 ........................... 0.216711 3,548 769 3,163 12,245 3.5

96–97 ........................... 0.229921 2,779 639 2,460 9,082 3.3

97–98 ........................... 0.243685 2,140 522 1,879 6,622 3.1

98–99 ........................... 0.257998 1,619 418 1,410 4,743 2.9

99–100........................... 0.272848 1,201 328 1,037 3,333 2.8

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 873 873 2,296 2,296 2.6
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Table 9. Life table for non-Hispanic black females: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table9.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

0–1 ............................. 0.012377 100,000 1,238 98,907 7,626,297 76.3

1–2 ............................. 0.000622 98,762 61 98,732 7,527,390 76.2

2–3 ............................. 0.000497 98,701 49 98,676 7,428,658 75.3

3–4 ............................. 0.000248 98,652 24 98,640 7,329,982 74.3

4–5 ............................. 0.000252 98,627 25 98,615 7,231,342 73.3

5–6 ............................. 0.000225 98,603 22 98,591 7,132,727 72.3

6–7 ............................. 0.000189 98,580 19 98,571 7,034,136 71.4

7–8 ............................. 0.000164 98,562 16 98,554 6,935,565 70.4

8–9 ............................. 0.000148 98,546 15 98,538 6,837,011 69.4

9–10 ............................ 0.000141 98,531 14 98,524 6,738,473 68.4

10–11............................ 0.000143 98,517 14 98,510 6,639,949 67.4

11–12............................ 0.000154 98,503 15 98,495 6,541,439 66.4

12–13 ........................... 0.000174 98,488 17 98,479 6,442,943 65.4

13–14 ........................... 0.000204 98,471 20 98,461 6,344,464 64.4

14–15 ........................... 0.000241 98,451 24 98,439 6,246,003 63.4

15–16 ........................... 0.000283 98,427 28 98,413 6,147,564 62.5

16–17 ........................... 0.000328 98,399 32 98,383 6,049,151 61.5

17–18 ........................... 0.000377 98,367 37 98,348 5,950,768 60.5

18–19 ........................... 0.000432 98,330 42 98,308 5,852,420 59.5

19–20 ........................... 0.000493 98,287 48 98,263 5,754,112 58.5

20–21 ........................... 0.000561 98,239 55 98,211 5,655,849 57.6

21–22 ........................... 0.000633 98,184 62 98,153 5,557,637 56.6

22–23 ........................... 0.000699 98,121 69 98,087 5,459,485 55.6

23–24 ........................... 0.000752 98,053 74 98,016 5,361,398 54.7

24–25 ........................... 0.000794 97,979 78 97,940 5,263,382 53.7

25–26 ........................... 0.000838 97,901 82 97,860 5,165,441 52.8

26–27 ........................... 0.000887 97,819 87 97,776 5,067,581 51.8

27–28 ........................... 0.000938 97,733 92 97,687 4,969,805 50.9

28–29 ........................... 0.000992 97,641 97 97,592 4,872,118 49.9

29–30 ........................... 0.001054 97,544 103 97,493 4,774,526 48.9

30–31 ........................... 0.001126 97,441 110 97,386 4,677,033 48.0

31–32 ........................... 0.001212 97,331 118 97,273 4,579,647 47.1

32–33 ........................... 0.001316 97,214 128 97,150 4,482,375 46.1

33–34 ........................... 0.001412 97,086 137 97,017 4,385,225 45.2

34–35 ........................... 0.001525 96,948 148 96,875 4,288,208 44.2

35–36 ........................... 0.001641 96,801 159 96,721 4,191,333 43.3

36–37 ........................... 0.001773 96,642 171 96,556 4,094,612 42.4

37–38 ........................... 0.001934 96,470 187 96,377 3,998,056 41.4

38–39 ........................... 0.002130 96,284 205 96,181 3,901,679 40.5

39–40 ........................... 0.002353 96,079 226 95,966 3,805,498 39.6

40–41 ........................... 0.002583 95,853 248 95,729 3,709,532 38.7

41–42 ........................... 0.002816 95,605 269 95,471 3,613,803 37.8

42–43 ........................... 0.003068 95,336 292 95,190 3,518,333 36.9

43–44 ........................... 0.003343 95,043 318 94,885 3,423,143 36.0

44–45 ........................... 0.003638 94,726 345 94,553 3,328,258 35.1

45–46 ........................... 0.003948 94,381 373 94,195 3,233,705 34.3

46–47 ........................... 0.004266 94,008 401 93,808 3,139,510 33.4

47–48 ........................... 0.004597 93,607 430 93,392 3,045,702 32.5

48–49 ........................... 0.004946 93,177 461 92,947 2,952,310 31.7

49–50 ........................... 0.005323 92,716 493 92,470 2,859,363 30.8

50–51 ........................... 0.005731 92,223 529 91,959 2,766,894 30.0

51–52 ........................... 0.006173 91,694 566 91,411 2,674,935 29.2

52–53 ........................... 0.006646 91,128 606 90,825 2,583,524 28.4

53–54 ........................... 0.007141 90,523 646 90,199 2,492,699 27.5

54–55 ........................... 0.007650 89,876 688 89,532 2,402,499 26.7

55–56 ........................... 0.008190 89,189 730 88,823 2,312,967 25.9

56–57 ........................... 0.008763 88,458 775 88,071 2,224,143 25.1

57–58 ........................... 0.009357 87,683 820 87,273 2,136,073 24.4

58–59 ........................... 0.009997 86,863 868 86,428 2,048,800 23.6

59–60 ........................... 0.010720 85,994 922 85,533 1,962,372 22.8

60–61 ........................... 0.011577 85,072 985 84,580 1,876,839 22.1

61–62 ........................... 0.012575 84,087 1,057 83,559 1,792,259 21.3
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Table 9. Life table for non-Hispanic black females: United States, 2006

Spreadsheet version available from: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Series_Reports/sr02_152/Table9.xls.

Total

Probability Number Person-years number of

of dying Number dying lived person-years Expectation

between surviving to between between lived above of life

ages x to x + 1 age x ages x to x + 1 ages x to x + 1 age x at age x

Age qx lx dx Lx Tx ex

62–63 ........................... 0.013658 83,030 1,134 82,463 1,708,700 20.6

63–64 ........................... 0.014724 81,896 1,206 81,293 1,626,237 19.9

64–65 ........................... 0.015733 80,690 1,270 80,056 1,544,944 19.1

65–66 ........................... 0.016747 79,421 1,330 78,756 1,464,888 18.4

66–67 ........................... 0.017728 78,091 1,384 77,398 1,386,132 17.8

67–68 ........................... 0.018866 76,706 1,447 75,983 1,308,734 17.1

68–69 ........................... 0.020217 75,259 1,521 74,498 1,232,751 16.4

69–70 ........................... 0.021787 73,738 1,607 72,934 1,158,253 15.7

70–71 ........................... 0.023541 72,131 1,698 71,282 1,085,318 15.0

71–72 ........................... 0.025504 70,433 1,796 69,535 1,014,036 14.4

72–73 ........................... 0.027754 68,637 1,905 67,684 944,501 13.8

73–74 ........................... 0.030315 66,732 2,023 65,720 876,817 13.1

74–75 ........................... 0.033188 64,709 2,148 63,635 811,097 12.5

75–76 ........................... 0.036373 62,561 2,276 61,424 747,462 11.9

76–77 ........................... 0.039654 60,286 2,391 59,091 686,038 11.4

77–78 ........................... 0.043218 57,895 2,502 56,644 626,948 10.8

78–79 ........................... 0.047087 55,393 2,608 54,089 570,303 10.3

79–80 ........................... 0.051283 52,785 2,707 51,431 516,214 9.8

80–81 ........................... 0.055831 50,078 2,796 48,680 464,783 9.3

81–82 ........................... 0.060757 47,282 2,873 45,846 416,103 8.8

82–83 ........................... 0.066087 44,409 2,935 42,942 370,258 8.3

83–84 ........................... 0.071849 41,474 2,980 39,984 327,316 7.9

84–85 ........................... 0.078072 38,494 3,005 36,992 287,332 7.5

85–86 ........................... 0.084784 35,489 3,009 33,985 250,340 7.1

86–87 ........................... 0.092015 32,480 2,989 30,986 216,355 6.7

87–88 ........................... 0.099796 29,492 2,943 28,020 185,369 6.3

88–89 ........................... 0.108157 26,548 2,871 25,113 157,349 5.9

89–90 ........................... 0.117127 23,677 2,773 22,290 132,237 5.6

90–91 ........................... 0.126735 20,904 2,649 19,579 109,946 5.3

91–92 ........................... 0.137008 18,255 2,501 17,004 90,367 5.0

92–93 ........................... 0.147974 15,754 2,331 14,588 73,363 4.7

93–94 ........................... 0.159655 13,422 2,143 12,351 58,775 4.4

94–95 ........................... 0.172072 11,279 1,941 10,309 46,424 4.1

95–96 ........................... 0.185241 9,339 1,730 8,474 36,115 3.9

96–97 ........................... 0.199176 7,609 1,515 6,851 27,642 3.6

97–98 ........................... 0.213884 6,093 1,303 5,442 20,791 3.4

98–99 ........................... 0.229367 4,790 1,099 4,241 15,349 3.2

99–100........................... 0.245621 3,691 907 3,238 11,108 3.0

100 and over ....................... 1.000000 2,785 2,785 7,870 7,870 2.8
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