TABLE 1. ESTIMATES OF LIFE EXPECTANCY IN VARIOUS HIGH MORTALITY POPULATIONS

Source

e0 e50
 Acsádi & Nemeskéri (1970)    
            Stone age 21.1 12.2
            Copper age 28.9 10.4
            Roman era 27.8 15.7
            Middle ages 28.7 10.7
 Thatcher (1980)    
            Breslau, 1687-1691 (from Halley) 28 17
            Liverpool, 1841 26 16
            English Life Table No. 1, 1841 41 21
 British Peerage (Hollingsworth 1977)    

                                           cc.1550-1574*

 37.8 12.6

cc.1575-1599 

36.0 14.6

cc.1600-1624 

33.6 14.4

cc.1625-1649 

31.7 14.6

cc.1650-1674 

30.0 15.5

cc.1675-1699 

33.2 15.8

cc.1700-1724 

34.9 17.0

cc.1725-1749 

38.8 18.3

                                   cc.1550-1574 

38.2 11.6

cc.1575-1599 

38.3 12.5

cc.1600-1624 

35.9 12.9

cc.1625-1649 

34.2 13.2

cc.1650-1674 

33.7

 17.7

cc.1675-1699 

35.3

 15.8

cc.1700-1724 

37.5

 18.0

cc.1725-1749 

37.4

 20.4
 Qing Imperial Lineage, males only (Lee et al. 1993)** 1700-09 through 1890-99 22-42 (increasing) 9.5-12.5 (steady)
 Wang clan, males only (Zhao 1994)        
           0-499 - 16.8
           500-999 - 16.8
           1000-1199 - 17.9
           1200-1399 - 18.2
           1400-1499 - 18.3
           1500-1599 - 18.2
           1600-1699 - 17.9
           1700-1760 - 16.5
 Indian Life Tables (Davis 1951)    
           Males                               1872-1881 23.7 13.9

                                                   1881-1891

24.6 14.3
                                                   1891-1901 23.6 13.6
                                                   1901-1911 22.6 14.0
                                                   1911-1921 19.4 14.3
                                                   1921-1931 26.9 14.3
                                                   1931-1941 32.1 17.8
            Females                          1872-1881 25.6 15.0
                                                   1881-1891 25.5 15.6
                                                   1891-1901 24.0 14.5
                                                   1901-1911 23.3 14.3
                                                   1911-1921 20.9 15.0
                                                   1921-1931 26.6 14.4
                                                   1931-1941 31.4 18.4
 Slave Populations    
           Trinidad, 1783-1816 (John 1988)    
                                                    Females 17.3 13.5
                                                    Males 17.3 11.9
           Guyana, 1820-1832 (Roberts 1952) 22.8   11.1†
           Grenada, 1818 (Koplan 1983) 25.9 12.7
 Liberian Immigrants, 1820-1843 (McDaniel 1992)‡    
           Raw, Females 2.2 7.9
           Raw, Males 1.7 6.6
           Conditional, Females 25.8  9.6
           Conditional, Males 23.9  8.3
 Sweden, 1751-1760    
           Males

35.6 

18.8
           Females

38.5 

20.3
* The life table values for British peers refer to 25-year birth cohorts, designated by "cc." followed by the birth years.
** Numerical estimates of Qing life expectancy were extracted from graphs published by Lee et al. and therefore are presented here as a range of values with an indication of the long-term trend in parentheses.
† The value of e50 for Guyanese slaves was derived by linear interpolation using the values of e48 and e54 given by Roberts (1952).
‡ For Liberian immigrants, "raw" refers to life tables computed using all deaths recorded after arrival in Liberia; "conditional" refers to life tables computed using only deaths recorded at least one year after arrival in Liberia.