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Table 3 Abridged life table for the total population: United States, 2012

From: Increases in United States life expectancy through reductions in injury-related death

Age interval x to x + 1 years

Probability of dying between ages x and x + 1

Number surviving to age x

Number dying between ages x and x + 1

Person-years lived between ages x and x + 1

Total number of person-years lived above age x

Expectation of life at age x

 

q x

l x

d x

L x

T x

e x

0–1

0.005978

100,000

598

99,474

7,882,683

78.8

1–2

0.000409

99,402

41

99,382

7,783,209

78.3

2–3

0.000270

99,362

27

99,348

7,683,827

77.3

84–85

0.074785

45,578

3409

43,874

320,902

7.0

85 and over

1.000000

42,169

42,169

277,029

277,029

6.6

  1. Source: NCHS National Vital Statistics System, Mortality