life table

noun

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This information was used to create ‘life tables’ that showed peoples’ life expectancies in 10-year intervals between the ages of 35 and 75. New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024 Complete period state life tables historically have been published once a decade as part of the decennial life table program, beginning with the set for the 1939–1941. Nancy Clanton, ajc, 11 Mar. 2021 The other day, a guy walks by [the pro-life table] and said get off campus and kill yourselves. Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023 Arias and her colleagues calculated life expectancy using a technique called a period life table. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2022 Complete period state life tables historically have been published once a decade as part of the decennial life table program, beginning with the set for the 1939–1941. Nancy Clanton, ajc, 11 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of life table was in 1825

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“Life table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20table. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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