Life Tables for the
United States Social Security
Area 1900-2100

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ACTUARIAL STUDY NO. 120
by Felicitie C. Bell
and Michael L. Miller

Table 2 — Average Annual Percentage Reductions in Central Death Rates
During 1981-2001 by Age Group, Sex, and Cause of Death  
Sex and
age group
Cause of Death
Total
Heart Disease
Cancer
Vascular Disease
Violence
Respiratory Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Other
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Male:
0
2.90
3.81
2.93
-0.49
0.16
4.04
5.44
2.97
1-4
3.12
3.49
3.14
1.68
3.31
3.43
3.40
2.83
5-9
3.27
2.83
3.53
2.67
4.00
1.43
3.32
1.78
10-14
2.14
0.70
2.33
1.32
2.82
0.46
0.11
0.40
15-19
1.22
-0.11
1.95
2.58
1.38
1.16
-3.68
-0.43
                 
20-24
1.23
-0.25
1.20
1.80
1.47
0.40
-1.30
-0.50
25-29
1.63
0.59
1.83
2.26
2.08
1.24
-0.40
-0.20
30-34
1.06
1.16
1.72
1.91
1.85
1.53
-0.08
-1.17
35-39
0.36
1.98
1.64
1.73
0.78
0.95
-0.59
-1.98
40-44
0.31
2.65
1.58
1.18
0.05
0.47
-1.78
-2.33
                 
45-49
0.99
3.07
1.72
1.49
0.44
0.80
-2.39
-1.89
50-54
1.86
3.42
1.89
2.06
1.41
1.67
-2.96
-0.30
55-59
2.04
3.49
1.60
2.19
1.76
1.46
-3.17
0.57
60-64
1.85
3.39
1.04
2.27
1.81
1.11
-3.25
0.70
65-69
1.67
3.36
0.62
2.60
1.54
0.67
-3.25
0.57
                 
70-74
1.51
3.19
0.35
2.68
1.41
0.43
-3.08
0.18
75-79
1.30
2.83
0.21
2.57
1.08
0.18
-2.85
-0.36
80-84
0.78
2.20
-0.23
2.22
0.32
-0.67
-3.07
-1.16
85-89
0.16
1.38
-0.84
1.71
-0.26
-1.54
-3.43
-1.65
90-94
-0.41
0.84
-1.44
1.36
-1.03
-1.98
-3.76
-2.92
                 
0-14
2.88
3.16
3.00
0.59
2.93
3.27
1.69
2.85
15-49
0.85
2.58
1.67
1.52
1.17
0.83
-1.60
-1.75
50-64
1.92
3.43
1.43
2.19
1.62
1.33
-3.15
0.33
65-84
1.26
2.79
0.23
2.47
1.04
0.02
-3.04
-0.37
85+
-0.27
0.89
-1.21
1.36
-0.76
-2.00
-3.64
-2.29
                 
0-64
1.57
3.21
1.50
1.99
1.35
1.32
-2.65
0.09
65+
0.76
2.12
-0.07
2.03
0.49
-0.69
-3.19
-1.11
                 
Total
0.97
2.34
0.35
2.02
1.14
-0.44
-3.05
-0.70
Female:
0
2.71
2.75
2.77
-0.96
0.55
3.94
3.02
2.78
1-4
2.98
4.03
3.00
0.19
3.03
3.16
3.83
2.86
5-9
2.51
3.13
2.66
4.10
2.89
2.00
3.39
1.75
10-14
1.49
1.49
2.05
2.02
1.76
0.89
3.87
0.76
15-19
0.98
-0.15
1.74
3.02
1.04
0.78
0.10
0.51
                 
20-24
1.12
-0.25
1.02
2.23
1.86
0.02
-1.04
-0.57
25-29
0.85
-0.25
1.09
2.43
1.76
-0.04
-0.10
-0.71
30-34
0.19
-0.46
1.46
1.68
0.79
0.20
-0.51
-1.54
35-39
-0.18
-0.11
1.42
1.30
-0.38
-0.83
-0.54
-2.03
40-44
0.28
1.19
1.50
1.48
-0.26
-0.94
-1.26
-1.73
                 
45-49
1.07
2.22
1.72
2.03
0.49
0.11
-1.87
-0.70
50-54
1.38
2.56
1.61
2.23
1.11
-0.02
-1.79
0.12
55-59
1.14
2.57
1.12
1.88
1.39
-0.86
-2.23
0.20
60-64
0.87
2.67
0.53
1.87
1.36
-1.72
-2.02
-0.11
65-69
0.60
2.73
-0.08
1.80
1.06
-2.41
-2.17
-0.52
                 
70-74
0.46
2.80
-0.66
1.92
0.88
-3.02
-2.06
-1.01
75-79
0.42
2.65
-0.92
1.87
0.34
-3.55
-1.85
-1.52
80-84
0.30
2.23
-1.06
1.86
-0.01
-3.78
-1.80
-2.20
85-89
0.10
1.52
-0.93
1.73
-0.44
-3.38
-1.90
-2.61
90-94
-0.26
1.05
-0.87
1.64
-0.66
-2.85
-2.22
-3.93
                 
0-14
2.62
2.90
2.57
0.46
2.28
3.19
3.97
2.69
15-49
0.58
1.26
1.57
1.77
0.70
-0.26
-1.22
-1.23
50-64
1.10
2.61
1.03
1.96
1.27
-1.08
-2.03
0.06
65-84
0.42
2.53
-0.69
1.87
0.49
-3.32
-1.94
-1.51
85+
-0.24
1.06
-0.99
1.56
-0.75
-3.23
-2.19
-3.42
                 
0-64
1.06
2.30
1.20
1.88
1.00
-0.61
-1.79
0.42
65+
0.17
1.90
-0.75
1.73
0.06
-3.29
-2.01
-2.31
                 
Total
0.38
1.94
-0.05
1.74
0.70
-2.85
-1.96
-1.45

Note: The average annual percentage reduction is the complement of the exponential of the slope of the least squares line through the logarithms of the central death rates.

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