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

Actuarial Study No. 116

by : Felicitie C. Bell and Michael L. Miller
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Table 5 - Average Annual Percentage Reductions in Age-Adjusted Central Death Rates for Selected Periods

Age
and
Sex

1900-
1936

1936-
1954

1954-
1968

1968-
1982

1982-
1999

1900-
1999

1999-
2026

2026-
2076

1999-
2076

Male:
0-14
2.91
4.75
1.66
4.39
2.90
3.28
1.86
1.53
1.65
15-49
1.54
3.19
-0.30
2.14
0.45
1.48
0.80
0.85
0.83
50-64
0.41
0.94
-0.15
2.27
1.77
0.93
1.07
0.83
0.91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
65-84
0.20
1.15
-0.13
1.47
1.22
0.68
0.90
0.74
0.80
85+
0.22
1.21
-0.89
1.56
-0.32
0.34
0.54
0.64
0.60
65+
0.20
1.16
-0.33
1.49
0.79
0.59
0.79
0.71
0.73
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
0.78
1.60
-0.21
1.78
0.94
0.96
0.84
0.75
0.78

Female:
0-14
3.12
5.01
1.72
4.19
2.65
3.34
1.84
1.56
1.66
15-49
1.60
4.91
0.29
2.97
0.39
2.01
0.75
0.73
0.74
50-64
0.70
2.56
0.76
1.70
0.99
1.24
0.83
0.71
0.75
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
65-84
0.36
2.06
1.07
2.01
0.42
1.02
0.75
0.72
0.73
85+
0.23
1.21
0.13
2.06
-0.18
0.59
0.56
0.64
0.61
65+
0.32
1.82
0.77
2.03
0.22
0.88
0.68
0.69
0.69
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
0.90
2.47
0.77
2.15
0.40
1.26
0.73
0.71
0.72

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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