Life Tables for the United States Social Security Area 1900-2100
Actuarial Study No. 116
by : Felicitie C. Bell and Michael L. Miller
Table 2 - Average Annual Percentage Reductions in Central Death Rates During 1979 - 1999
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
|
3.04
|
2.84
|
3.30
|
-1.37
|
0.86
|
4.21
|
4.78
|
3.11
|
1-4
|
3.04
|
3.13
|
3.18
|
1.27
|
3.22
|
3.55
|
2.72
|
2.73
|
5-9
|
3.00
|
1.33
|
3.45
|
2.63
|
3.77
|
1.20
|
2.60
|
1.32
|
10-14
|
1.75
|
0.27
|
2.38
|
0.59
|
2.24
|
-0.41
|
1.78
|
0.38
|
15-19
|
1.09
|
-0.59
|
2.11
|
2.65
|
1.18
|
0.49
|
-2.53
|
-0.09
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20-24
|
1.27
|
-0.20
|
1.35
|
2.34
|
1.50
|
0.43
|
-0.83
|
-0.68
|
25-29
|
1.03
|
0.21
|
1.28
|
2.16
|
1.87
|
0.62
|
-0.28
|
-2.62
|
30-34
|
-0.03
|
0.77
|
0.93
|
1.59
|
1.44
|
0.51
|
-0.45
|
-4.25
|
35-39
|
-0.25
|
2.01
|
1.29
|
1.44
|
0.85
|
0.38
|
-0.99
|
-4.09
|
40-44
|
0.24
|
2.91
|
1.50
|
1.31
|
0.54
|
0.56
|
-1.79
|
-3.38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45-49
|
1.13
|
3.17
|
1.61
|
1.49
|
1.02
|
1.10
|
-2.68
|
-1.94
|
50-54
|
1.82
|
3.29
|
1.53
|
1.95
|
1.75
|
1.64
|
-3.11
|
-0.09
|
55-59
|
1.86
|
3.34
|
1.10
|
2.01
|
1.86
|
1.19
|
-3.15
|
0.65
|
60-64
|
1.62
|
3.13
|
0.56
|
2.23
|
1.83
|
0.73
|
-3.14
|
0.78
|
65-69
|
1.34
|
2.93
|
0.08
|
2.45
|
1.48
|
0.18
|
-3.25
|
0.59
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70-74
|
1.45
|
3.04
|
0.13
|
2.92
|
1.42
|
0.18
|
-2.79
|
0.27
|
75-79
|
1.21
|
2.68
|
-0.04
|
2.80
|
1.15
|
-0.30
|
-2.57
|
-0.46
|
80-84
|
0.69
|
2.06
|
-0.50
|
2.55
|
0.22
|
-1.16
|
-2.68
|
-1.35
|
85-89
|
0.18
|
1.41
|
-1.02
|
2.16
|
-0.17
|
-1.88
|
-3.04
|
-2.01
|
90-94
|
-0.31
|
0.85
|
-1.66
|
1.76
|
-0.95
|
-2.64
|
-3.37
|
-2.63
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0-14
|
2.92
|
2.43
|
3.03
|
-0.20
|
2.73
|
3.41
|
2.76
|
2.98
|
15-49
|
0.58
|
2.57
|
1.47
|
1.52
|
1.27
|
0.69
|
-1.65
|
-3.07
|
50-64
|
1.74
|
3.23
|
0.91
|
2.12
|
1.81
|
0.99
|
-3.14
|
0.51
|
65-84
|
1.15
|
2.64
|
-0.06
|
2.69
|
1.07
|
-0.36
|
-2.80
|
-0.36
|
85+
|
-0.20
|
0.96
|
-1.35
|
1.86
|
-0.58
|
-2.46
|
-3.20
|
-2.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0-64
|
1.38
|
3.06
|
1.06
|
1.93
|
1.45
|
1.09
|
-2.66
|
-0.19
|
65+
|
0.78
|
2.13
|
-0.28
|
2.40
|
0.65
|
-0.99
|
-2.88
|
-1.07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
0.94
|
2.32
|
0.08
|
2.34
|
1.26
|
-0.71
|
-2.83
|
-0.74
|
Female:
|
0
|
2.88
|
1.85
|
2.69
|
-1.71
|
1.06
|
4.42
|
2.43
|
2.96
|
1-4
|
2.83
|
3.40
|
2.66
|
1.03
|
2.93
|
3.52
|
5.20
|
2.63
|
5-9
|
2.38
|
2.38
|
2.49
|
4.22
|
2.75
|
2.02
|
4.06
|
1.73
|
10-14
|
1.26
|
0.85
|
1.93
|
2.44
|
1.26
|
0.27
|
4.59
|
1.02
|
15-19
|
0.89
|
-0.26
|
1.21
|
3.29
|
0.85
|
0.49
|
0.18
|
1.13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20-24
|
1.18
|
-0.45
|
0.47
|
2.63
|
1.89
|
-0.29
|
-0.83
|
-0.15
|
25-29
|
0.50
|
-0.49
|
0.66
|
2.09
|
1.46
|
-0.53
|
-0.13
|
-1.20
|
30-34
|
-0.14
|
-0.47
|
1.32
|
1.50
|
0.52
|
-0.50
|
-0.85
|
-2.19
|
35-39
|
-0.05
|
0.31
|
1.59
|
1.47
|
0.05
|
-0.63
|
-0.38
|
-2.24
|
40-44
|
0.72
|
1.80
|
1.69
|
1.89
|
0.51
|
-0.63
|
-1.21
|
-1.16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45-49
|
1.27
|
2.33
|
1.51
|
2.39
|
1.11
|
-0.02
|
-1.70
|
0.16
|
50-54
|
1.32
|
2.43
|
1.19
|
2.11
|
1.55
|
-0.54
|
-1.95
|
1.00
|
55-59
|
0.98
|
2.33
|
0.51
|
1.85
|
1.63
|
-1.48
|
-2.40
|
1.57
|
60-64
|
0.69
|
2.44
|
-0.16
|
1.95
|
1.55
|
-2.28
|
-2.19
|
1.71
|
65-69
|
0.31
|
2.40
|
-0.93
|
1.85
|
0.88
|
-3.24
|
-2.31
|
1.03
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70-74
|
0.46
|
2.69
|
-1.19
|
2.23
|
1.04
|
-3.70
|
-1.85
|
0.13
|
75-79
|
0.48
|
2.58
|
-1.30
|
2.36
|
0.59
|
-4.25
|
-1.50
|
-1.07
|
80-84
|
0.46
|
2.21
|
-1.11
|
2.42
|
0.38
|
-4.25
|
-1.43
|
-2.20
|
85-89
|
0.32
|
1.59
|
-0.42
|
2.41
|
0.22
|
-3.40
|
-1.47
|
-3.17
|
90-94
|
-0.05
|
1.05
|
-0.52
|
2.12
|
0.11
|
-3.35
|
-1.92
|
-3.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0-14
|
2.72
|
2.12
|
2.38
|
0.15
|
2.19
|
3.59
|
4.66
|
2.85
|
15-49
|
0.66
|
1.36
|
1.47
|
2.00
|
0.91
|
-0.35
|
-1.07
|
-1.08
|
50-64
|
0.91
|
2.41
|
0.35
|
1.95
|
1.58
|
-1.76
|
-2.21
|
1.39
|
65-84
|
0.44
|
2.45
|
-1.13
|
2.29
|
0.70
|
-3.92
|
-1.75
|
-0.91
|
85+
|
-0.03
|
1.11
|
-0.56
|
2.13
|
-0.07
|
-3.53
|
-1.74
|
-3.66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0-64
|
1.03
|
2.17
|
0.68
|
1.94
|
1.19
|
-0.97
|
-1.88
|
1.09
|
65+
|
0.28
|
1.94
|
-1.06
|
2.22
|
0.47
|
-3.80
|
-1.75
|
-1.97
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
0.47
|
1.97
|
-0.44
|
2.19
|
0.97
|
-3.29
|
-1.78
|
-0.88
|
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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