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Table 1 Life table entries for western and non-western groups living in Amsterdam

From: Use of the life table to compare mortality in ethnic groups in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Age

Western {p = 2588752; d = 23168}

Non-western {p = 1387498; d = 3637}

I

qi

Li

ei

qi

li

ei

0

0.0038

100000

79.9

0.0051

100000

81.7

1

0.0026

99618

79.2

0.0027

99490

81.2

20

0.0068

99354

60.4

0.0093

99225

62.3

40

0.0334

98680

40.8

0.0289

98300

42.8

55

0.0780

95315

27.1

0.0561

95390

29.0

65

0.0693

87856

18.9

0.0644

89770

20.5

70

0.1104

81768

15.1

0.0926

83989

16.7

75

0.1802

72738

11.7

0.1734

76210

13.2

80

1.0000

59632

8.7

1.0000

62995

10.4

  1. Age: Age at the beginning of interval i
  2. qi: Probability at the “i-th” birthday to die before reaching age “i + 1”
  3. li: Size of a hypothetical birth cohort at birthday “i”
  4. ei: Life expectancy at birthday “i”
  5. {p = life years; d = number death}