Life expectancy as a summary of mortality in a population: statistical considerations and suitability for use by health authorities

P B S Silcocks; D A Jenner; R Reza

doi:10.1136/jech.55.1.38

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Life expectancy as a summary of mortality in a population: statistical considerations and suitability for use by health authorities

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
Dec 2000	48	61	19
Jan 2001	8	14	4
Feb 2001	10	19	11
Mar 2001	10	18	7
Apr 2001	7	17	4
May 2001	8	17	5
Jun 2001	1	6	1
Jul 2001	4	2	1
Aug 2001	3	7	5
Sep 2001	3	8	2
Oct 2001	1	8	1
Nov 2001	6	14	2
Dec 2001	7	10	4
Jan 2002	2	8	2
Feb 2002	2	11	5
Mar 2002	2	14	1
Apr 2002	3	7	1
May 2002	7	7	5
Jun 2002	3	8	5
Jul 2002	3	5	1
Aug 2002	4	7	1
Sep 2002	1	5	1
Oct 2002	2	6	4
Nov 2002	3	9	5
Dec 2002	4	8	3
Jan 2003	2	8	1
Feb 2003	1	11	5
Mar 2003	2	9	3
Apr 2003	1	13	7
May 2003	3	6	1
Jun 2003	5	6	7
Jul 2003	9	6	0
Aug 2003	15	14	4
Sep 2003	6	11	0
Oct 2003	7	10	4
Nov 2003	12	9	6
Dec 2003	6	9	7
Jan 2004	9	18	1
Feb 2004	5	6	1
Mar 2004	9	11	4
Apr 2004	16	15	3
May 2004	38	40	7
Jun 2004	42	39	3
Jul 2004	55	56	12
Aug 2004	38	29	12
Sep 2004	27	34	6
Oct 2004	14	39	6
Nov 2004	8	85	11
Dec 2004	7	50	11
Jan 2005	47	154	7
Feb 2005	14	113	12
Mar 2005	15	25	7
Apr 2005	12	55	22
May 2005	12	29	2
Jun 2005	24	52	14
Jul 2005	14	55	9
Aug 2005	9	23	14
Sep 2005	14	42	11
Oct 2005	13	66	3
Nov 2005	13	49	8
Dec 2005	14	43	12
Jan 2006	11	43	9
Feb 2006	6	26	9
Mar 2006	7	27	8
Apr 2006	7	19	6
May 2006	11	25	6
Jun 2006	3	10	3
Jul 2006	8	24	9
Aug 2006	4	21	6
Sep 2006	8	72	15
Oct 2006	24	173	53
Nov 2006	20	100	37
Dec 2006	13	117	40
Jan 2007	21	127	49
Feb 2007	14	88	39
Mar 2007	22	118	34
Apr 2007	52	27	18
May 2007	76	25	12
Jun 2007	38	19	10
Jul 2007	27	35	12
Aug 2007	35	21	4
Sep 2007	26	19	11
Oct 2007	39	18	8
Nov 2007	45	24	9
Dec 2007	16	10	4
Jan 2008	31	17	10
Feb 2008	35	25	23
Mar 2008	33	21	14
Apr 2008	41	11	11
May 2008	19	18	8
Jun 2008	42	10	8
Jul 2008	34	3	4
Aug 2008	30	11	6
Sep 2008	39	8	3
Oct 2008	35	6	5
Nov 2008	24	6	1
Dec 2008	19	4	3
Jan 2009	34	9	8
Feb 2009	27	7	5
Mar 2009	41	5	4
Apr 2009	35	5	4
May 2009	27	12	8
Jun 2009	33	9	5
Jul 2009	34	7	4
Aug 2009	42	8	8
Sep 2009	38	5	3
Oct 2009	49	15	11
Nov 2009	44	15	7
Dec 2009	44	13	4
Jan 2010	52	13	5
Feb 2010	28	6	8
Mar 2010	41	10	9
Apr 2010	39	7	6
May 2010	52	20	8
Jun 2010	26	6	5
Jul 2010	28	7	7
Aug 2010	24	8	5
Sep 2010	44	17	8
Oct 2010	74	20	4
Nov 2010	69	20	3
Dec 2010	47	12	6
Jan 2011	62	16	7
Feb 2011	59	11	4
Mar 2011	49	11	2
Apr 2011	34	13	10
May 2011	35	3	5
Jun 2011	20	3	4
Jul 2011	48	9	2
Aug 2011	33	9	4
Sep 2011	31	5	2
Oct 2011	61	16	6
Nov 2011	43	34	10
Dec 2011	14	81	14
Jan 2012	18	38	13
Feb 2012	8	52	7
Mar 2012	15	56	28
Apr 2012	17	51	18
May 2012	15	80	13
Jun 2012	18	128	26
Jul 2012	22	105	31
Aug 2012	13	96	34
Sep 2012	15	146	70
Oct 2012	31	138	88
Nov 2012	42	91	78
Dec 2012	20	67	42
Jan 2013	35	75	46
Feb 2013	25	53	35
Mar 2013	21	104	35
Apr 2013	17	70	20
May 2013	35	89	38
Jun 2013	16	57	23
Jul 2013	19	55	16
Aug 2013	15	74	19
Sep 2013	8	120	28
Oct 2013	10	154	35
Nov 2013	17	91	34
Dec 2013	13	92	33
Jan 2014	8	77	34
Feb 2014	10	116	38
Mar 2014	15	153	47
Apr 2014	16	116	44
May 2014	12	143	52
Jun 2014	11	145	36
Jul 2014	19	106	19
Aug 2014	26	160	24
Sep 2014	18	159	9
Oct 2014	5	167	19
Nov 2014	13	184	60
Dec 2014	9	95	31
Jan 2015	6	113	37
Feb 2015	12	86	8
Mar 2015	18	172	28
Apr 2015	8	104	9
May 2015	12	178	19
Jun 2015	7	110	10
Jul 2015	7	94	19
Aug 2015	16	116	10
Sep 2015	32	170	19
Oct 2015	10	128	9
Nov 2015	8	147	9
Dec 2015	11	148	4
Jan 2016	10	150	12
Feb 2016	17	124	16
Mar 2016	6	243	19
Apr 2016	16	162	23
May 2016	9	132	20
Jun 2016	14	101	10
Jul 2016	21	77	18
Aug 2016	14	97	12
Sep 2016	15	115	11
Oct 2016	14	131	8
Nov 2016	28	161	21
Dec 2016	11	135	9
Jan 2017	18	181	26
Feb 2017	4	228	17
Mar 2017	0	154	18
Apr 2017	7	228	29
May 2017	2	231	28
Jun 2017	23	182	37
Jul 2017	62	57	17
Aug 2017	41	39	9
Sep 2017	192	192	29
Oct 2017	219	216	24
Nov 2017	223	217	19
Dec 2017	179	172	14
Jan 2018	170	166	18
Feb 2018	152	130	19
Mar 2018	199	193	34
Apr 2018	310	298	53
May 2018	289	286	23
Jun 2018	191	183	25
Jul 2018	231	231	33
Aug 2018	245	245	33
Sep 2018	298	298	24
Oct 2018	303	299	27
Nov 2018	351	350	42
Dec 2018	214	214	26
Jan 2019	206	206	29
Feb 2019	228	223	25
Mar 2019	317	299	34
Apr 2019	319	304	34
May 2019	272	257	24
Jun 2019	276	268	20
Jul 2019	266	258	26
Aug 2019	320	307	28
Sep 2019	277	269	31
Oct 2019	360	350	31
Nov 2019	360	344	34
Dec 2019	398	294	29
Jan 2020	311	307	39
Feb 2020	333	317	30
Mar 2020	410	404	197
Apr 2020	442	439	91
May 2020	277	275	87
Jun 2020	178	176	65
Jul 2020	158	156	60
Aug 2020	118	112	39
Sep 2020	257	245	69
Oct 2020	198	189	72
Nov 2020	180	172	38
Dec 2020	231	228	41
Jan 2021	285	260	25
Feb 2021	256	250	22
Mar 2021	244	238	19
Apr 2021	287	284	15
May 2021	287	285	40
Jun 2021	185	188	26
Jul 2021	272	274	34
Aug 2021	238	235	20
Sep 2021	288	288	18
Oct 2021	357	358	46
Nov 2021	160	151	28
Dec 2021	267	269	35
Jan 2022	282	260	38
Feb 2022	338	346	20
Mar 2022	291	301	42
Apr 2022	248	251	33
May 2022	337	340	32
Jun 2022	284	286	26
Jul 2022	125	125	24
Aug 2022	577	563	32
Sep 2022	271	260	26
Oct 2022	322	319	28
Nov 2022	256	236	15
Dec 2022	201	188	13
Jan 2023	214	204	22
Feb 2023	298	298	21
Mar 2023	367	359	22
Apr 2023	219	205	21
May 2023	178	177	23
Jun 2023	199	174	16
Jul 2023	187	189	20
Aug 2023	193	196	31
Sep 2023	201	178	24
Oct 2023	216	214	15
Nov 2023	234	223	26
Dec 2023	351	44	8
Jan 2024	303	19	5
Feb 2024	236	13	7
Mar 2024	241	16	5
Total	24925	30681	5368

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