Vital Events Reference Tables 2001

Section 5: Deaths

The information presented on life expectancy in Tables 5.4 and 5.5 has been produced by the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) using a different methodology than that presented in earlier Annual Reports. The information on life expectancy in Table 5.4 is based on mortality rates for the latest three years. This provides a more robust historical comparison as fluctuations in mortality, which occur in calendar years, have been smoothed. Table 5.5 now contains an extract from a complete life table rather than an abridged life table and is based on mortality at single year of age rather than mortality on a group of ages. Further detail on life expectancy for specific ages not presented in Table 5.5 or complete life tables for earlier years can be obtained by contacting Customer Services or GAD.

'Life Tables 1990-1992', published as the First Supplement to the 1996 Annual Report of the Registrar General for Scotland, contains details on how GAD prepares the full life tables for Scotland.

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