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The life tables in Portugal
Lurdes Patrício , Maria José Carrilho > Demographic Studies Review - 2nd Semi-annual 2004 2004, p. 41 - 69

Summary

The mortality table is a statistical model composed by a set of basic functions which measure the mortality phenomenon and calculate the life expectancy. The main applicability of the mortality table is in the field of population projections, in particular, to calculate the survival probabilities.
The current article presents both complete and abridged mortality tables for a few years over the period 1990-2003. The basic information to construct the tables derived from vital stattiscs registration and population census and estimates.


keywords: complete mortality tables, abridged mortality tables, probability of dying and life expectancy


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