Description: In this paper the authors discuss the official decennial Unites States Life Tables for 1979-81, presenting age-specific mortality rates and expectations of life. Mortality trends are examined going back to the first decennial tables published at the beginning of the century, and brief comparisons with mortality in other industrialized countries are made. The paper includes written discussion. From the 1985 Transactions Vol. 37.

Description: This is the final version of the 1989 report on the annual Canadian Institute of Actuaries study of group life mortality experience in Canada.

Description: Presents a theoretical basis for a computerized methodology for estimating biological age - a measure of time to death.

Description: Two different types of fertility are examined in this paper using the quinquennial age-specific fertility rates for years 1926-1989. The two types studied are: the total fertility rate and the generational fertility rate. The authors concluded that it is hard to predict the future trend of fertility rates using either of the ways of grouping the data. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1993, VOL. 2.

Description: This study provides statistical indications of trends in mortality at ages 10 through 34 for both males and females in Canada. Causes of death, with emphasis on suicide and accidental death rates, are explored.