United States Life Tables, 1998 Vol. 48, No.
18. United States Life Tables, 1998. 39 pp. (PHS) 2000-1120. The general upward trend in life expectancy continued in 1998 reaching 76.7 years. This and other data on the expectation of life at birth and at different age intervals are shown by race and gender in "United States Life Tables, 1998." This report presents measures of comparative longevity by taking a "snapshot" of the current mortality experience. Trend tables beginning with the year 1900 are also included in this report. This report is an official Federal document utilized as legal evidence by lawyers, insurance analysts, actuaries, pension planners, demographers, and other researchers. The report can be viewed, downloaded, and printed from this home page. This report is also available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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