OBJECTIVES This report describes the methodology used in the preparation of the 1999-2001 decennial life tables for the United States. METHODS Data used to prepare these life tables include population data by age on the census date April 1, 2000; deaths occurring in the 3-year period 1999-2001 classified by age at death; births for each of the years 1997-2001; and Medicare data for ages 66-10...

OBJECTIVES This report presents period life tables for the United States based on age-specific death rates for the period 1999-2001. These tables are the most recent in a 100-year series of decennial life tables for the United States. METHODS This report presents complete life tables by age, race (white and black), and sex. Also presented are standard errors of the probability of dying and li...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the relative contributions of central vision loss and general health to vision-targeted quality of life as measured by the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ). METHODS Data on quality of life (NEI-VFQ and the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey [SF-36]) and visual acuity were collected as part of the Submacular Surgery Trials Pilot Study. Informat...

BACKGROUND This study examined the secular trends of life expectancy without dementia among elderly American members of a health maintenance organization, and observed if an increased life expectancy is accompanied by an increase in the duration of life with dementia. METHODS The data derived from two chronological 9-year prospective cohort studies of members of the Kaiser Permanente Medical ...

Life expectancies at birth are routinely computed from period life tables. Such period life expectancies may be distorted by selection when comparing countries where the living conditions improved earlier (like Norway and Sweden) with countries where they improved later (like Italy and Japan). One way to get a fair comparison between the countries, is to use cohort data and consider the expecte...

Mortality estimates for many populations are derived using model life tables, which describe typical age patterns of human mortality. We propose a new system of model life tables as a means of improving the quality and transparency of such estimates. A flexible two-dimensional model was fitted to a collection of life tables from the Human Mortality Database. The model can be used to estimate fu...