Social Security Administration

The following data are from life tables prepared by the Office of the Chief Actuary in the Social Security Administration. Projected death rates and life tables are based on Alternative II forecasts for the 1998 Trustees report.

1. Death Rates
1. By year of death (period)
1. Historical, 1900-1995 (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
2. Projected, 1996-2080 (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
2. By year of birth (cohort), 1900-2000 (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
2. Life Tables
1. By year of death (period)
1. Historical, 1900-1995
   Female (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Male (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Total (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
2. Projected, 1996-2080
   Female (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Male (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Total (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
2. By year of birth (cohort), 1900-2000
   Female (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Male (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Total (1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)

Decennial Life Tables

The following data are based on life tables published by the National Center for Health Statistics and refer to 3-year periods around the decennial censuses from 1950 to 1990.

1. Death Rates, 1949-51, 1959-61, ..., 1989-91
   All races( 1x3, 5x3)
   Blacks*( 1x3, 5x3)
   Non-Whites( 1x3, 5x3)
   Whites( 1x3, 5x3)
   
2. Life Tables, 1949-51, 1959-61, ..., 1989-91
   All Races

   Female( 1x3, 5x3), Male( 1x3, 5x3), Total( 1x3, 5x3)

   Blacks*

   Female( 1x3, 5x3), Male( 1x3, 5x3), Total( 1x3, 5x3)

   Non-Whites

   Female( 1x3, 5x3), Male( 1x3, 5x3), Total( 1x3, 5x3)

   Whites

   Female( 1x3, 5x3), Male( 1x3, 5x3), Total( 1x3, 5x3)

* Separate life tables for the Black population are not available for 1949-51 and 1959-61. In these years, published tables refer to All races, Non-whites, and Whites.

Detailed Data

Death counts are from the National Center for Health Statistics. Census counts (referring to April 1) are from the Bureau of the Census. We used quarterly intercensal and monthly post-censal Census Bureau estimates and NCHS deaths to compute January 1 population estimates, exposure estimates, death rates, and life tables. We have made no adjustments to the raw data. Age misstatement at older ages is a well-known problem in population statistics for the U.S. These inaccuracies have the effect of biasing death rates downward. In general, therefore, life tables computed by the Social Security Administration and the decennial life tables presented above should be considered more reliable than the tables in this section, because the former sets include adjustments to account for these inaccuracies. We include estimates for blacks, whites, and all races only, because estimation problems associated with smaller racial groups would make comparable estimates especially unreliable.

1. Births, 1968-1992
2. Deaths, 1968-1992
   Blacks, Whites, All races
3. Census
4. Population Estimates, 1968-1993 (January 1)
   Blacks, Whites, All races
5. Exposure Estimates, 1968-1992
   Blacks, Whites, All races
6. Death rates, 1968-1992
   Blacks( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Whites( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   All races( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
7. Life Tables, 1968-1992

   Blacks:	Female( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10) Male( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10) Total( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   Whites:	Female( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10) Male( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10) Total( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)
   All races:	Female( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10) Male( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10) Total( 1x1, 1x5, 1x10, 5x1, 5x5, 5x10)

8. Life Expectancy at Birth, 1968-1992
   Blacks, Whites, All Races