TABLE 13. LIFE TABLE AGING RATE k IN SPECIFIED  AGE INTERVALS, BY DECADE.
Thirteen countries with good data.

Sex and

period

 Age interval
83 - 88 88 - 93 93 - 98 98 - 103   83 - 98

Male

          
1950 - 1960 .0889 .0757 .0718 .0432 .0788
1960 - 1970 .0876 .0798 .0714 .0595 .0796
1970- 1980 .0855 .0806 .0706 .0651 .0789
1980 - 1990 .0884 .0829 .0693 .0651 .0802
Increase          
1960 - 70          
to 1980 - 90 .0008 .0031 -.0011 .0056 .0006
           
Female          
1950 - 1960 .0948 .0808 .0757 .0567 .0838
1960 - 1970 .0996 .0860 .0725 .0574 .0864
1970 - 1980 .1048 .0919 .0769 .0642 .0912
1980 - 1990 .1135 .0999 .0805 .0692 .0980
Increase          
1960 - 70          

to 1980 - 90

 .0139 .0139 .0080 .0118 .0116