west_lifetab {poputils}

Coale-Demeny West Model Life Tables

Description

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

Usage

west_lifetab

Format

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

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

• sex: "Female", and "Male".

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

• mx: Mortality rate.

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

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

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

• dx: Number of people dying during age interval.

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

• ex: Expectation of life at start of age interval.

Source

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