mortality table

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   an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and probability of death as a function or age and sex and occupation etc

   Broaderactuarial table

Questions about mortality table

What does mortality table mean?

mortality table means "an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and probability of death as a function or age and sex and occupation etc".

Is mortality table a common word?

mortality table is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.