Week 14: Life Tables
A life table is a table which shows, for a person at each age, what the probability is that they die before their next birthday. From this starting point, a number of statistics can be derived and thus also included in the table is: the probability of surviving any particular year of age.
Nqx: Probability of dying between age x and x+n
Ex: Life expectancy at age x
NDx: Number of deaths between age x and x+n
NLx: Number of person-years lived between age
Course Material
- Week 1: Introduction to Demography
- Week 2: Sources of data Collection in Pakistan
- Week 3: Census
- Week 4: Factors Influencing Census Result (Errors etc)
- Week 5: Sample Surveys in Pakistan
- Week 6: Vital Events, NADRA and Health Organizations
- Week 7: Demographic Structure
- Week 8: Population Change and Population Pyramids
- Week 9: Mid Term Exam
- Week 10: Various Demographic Measures
- Week 11: Measures of Mortality and Fertility
- Week 12: Measures of Migration
- Week 13: Population Theories
- Week 14: Life Tables
- Week 15-16: More Features of Life Tables
- Week 17: Important Terms of Population
- Week 18: Final Term Exam
- Chapters 17
- Department Statistics
- Teacher
Habiba Mustafa
