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Author: Au, Ki Yung
Title: The life table of Macau 2001: anomaly and resolution
Journal Name: 澳門研究
Pub. Info: Dec. 2007, No.43, pp. 99-106
Abstract: Paragraph Headings: 1. The problem 2. Procedures of construction 2.1. Treatment of age interval [0, 1) 2.2. Treatment of age interval [1, 5) 2.3. Treatment of age 5 and over 3. Testing the initial life table for inconsistency 4. Treatment of the anomalous elderly data 5. A refined life table and its graduation 6. Retesting the refined and graduated life tables 7. Conclusion Tables: 1. 2001 life table of Macau and the world 2. Number of age intervals with recorded deaths significantly or insignificantly deviated from expected deaths, size of absolute deviation (in number of deaths), and deaths in interval [75+), by sex, 2001 3. A refined life table of Macau 2001 4. A graduated life table of Macau 2001 5. Deviation of adjusted from expected deaths in age interval [75+), by method, model and sex (M=Male, F=Female) 6. Number of age intervals (among 16) significant in deviation of recorded from expected deaths by method, model and sex (M=Male, F=Female) 7. Median and upper quartile (parenthesized) of absolute deviations between actual and expected deaths per age interval, by sex, refined and Hong Kong-graduated tables