II. ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS


Table II.G2. - Estimated OASDI Income Rates, Cost Rates, and Actuarial Balances, Based on Intermediate Estimates With Various Death-Rate Assumptions
[As a percentage of taxable payroll]

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                                           Reduction in death rates 1/
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      Valuation period                 16 percent     35 percent     55 percent 
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Summarized income rate:
  25-year: 1996-2020..............          13.53          13.54          13.55
  50-year: 1996-2045..............          13.33          13.35          13.37
  75-year: 1996-2070..............          13.30          13.33          13.37
Summarized cost rate:
  25-year: 1996-2020..............          12.95          13.18          13.40
  50-year: 1996-2045..............          14.23          14.74          15.26
  75-year: 1996-2070..............          14.77          15.52          16.37
Balance: 
  25-year: 1996-2020..............           +.59           +.36           +.15
  50-year: 1996-2045..............           -.90          -1.39          -1.89
  75-year: 1996-2070..............          -1.48          -2.19          -3.00
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1/ The measure of the reduction in death rates is the decrease in the age-sex-
adjusted death rate during 1995-2070.


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