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A dataset containing the Global region Life tables from 2000 to 2019.

Usage

gho_lifetables

Format

A dataframe with 1995 rows and 5 variables:

The variables are as follows:

indicator

character, Tx - person-years lived above age x,
ex - expectation of life at age x,
lx - number of people left alive at age x,
nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n,
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n,
ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n,
nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n

year

numeric, from 2000 to 2019

age

character, from <1 to 85+ each 5 years

sex

character, both, male, female

value

numeric, value of the tables

Source

WHO