List of Tables

Table 1. Total data volume for 28 countries
Table 2. Probability of dying by age and sex, by decade. Thirteen countries with good data
Table 3. Probability of dying by age and sex, 1980-1990. Groups of countries with good data
Table 4. Old age life table. Thirteen countries, 1980-1990
Table 5. Percent change in mortality between 1960-70 and 1980-90
Table 6. Life expectancy at age 80, by country, aggregate and sex, each decade
Table 7. Ranking of countries according to life expectancy at 80 for both sexes, 1950-60 and 1980-90, 19 countries with good data
Table 8. Increase in life expectancy at age 80 from 1950-60 to 1980-90, years.  19 countries with good data 
Table 9. Median, quartiles and inter-quartile range of age at death after 80 in life table population. Thirteen countries with good data 
Table 10. Modal length of life.
Table 11. Age when life expectancy equals a given number of years. Low, medium and high mortality countries
Table 12. Mean age shift in age groups from 1960-70 to 1980-90. By country
Table 13. Life table aging rate k in specified age intervals, by decade. Thirteen countries with good data 
Table 14. Life table aging rate k between ages 83 and 98
Table 15. Probability of survival by age and sex and increase from 1960-70 to 1980-90. Thirteen countries with good data; 5-year moving averages 
Table 16. 5-year probabilities of survival by age and sex and increase between specified periods. Thirteen countries with good data 
Table 17. Persons reaching age 100 out of 1000 80-year-old
Table 18. Survivors from age 80 to 100 in actual cohorts, per 1000
Table 19. Proportion of centenarians in total population, in 1960 and 1990
Table 20. Sex ratio of centenarians. Thirteen countries with good data 
Table 21. Centenarian life table, 1980-90. Thirteen countries with good data 
Table 22. Nordic centenarian life table, 1980-90 Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Table 23. Life expectancy at age 100. Rates base on at least 100 person-years
Table 24. The road from 100 to 110 years. Thirteen countries with good data 
Table 25. Gender indicators of mortality. Thirteen countries, 1980-1990
Table 26. Female advantage in life expectancy at 80 and female age delay.
Table 27. Stationary oldest-old population. Thirteen countries, 1960-70 and 1980-90
Table 28. Stationary centenarian population. By country, 1960-70 and 1980-90
Table 29. Age distribution of stationary population
Table 30. Years gained per 10,000 persons aged 80 through mortality decline between successive decades. Thirteen countries with good data 
Table 31. Years gained per 10,000 persons aged 80 by mortality decline between 1950-60 and 1980-90. Low, medium and high mortality countries
Table 32. Realized living potential (percent) at ages 80-100 and years lived in each 5-year age interval per each person reaching age 80. Life tables 1980-90
Table 33. Mortality change indicators. Thirteen countries with good data from 1960-70 to 1980-90
Table 34. Growth of the oldest-old population. By country
Table 35. Proportion aged 80 and over in total population, percent
Table 36. Increase in the number of centenarians and contribution of mortality decline above age 80 to it, 1960-1990
Table 37. Contribution of mortality decline at ages 80 and over to population growth from 1960 to 1990, percent
Table 38. Probability of dying per 10,000 according to three scenarios
Table 39. Some demographic effects if the decline of oldest-old mortality in the last 20 years is repeated one, two or three more times. Thirteen countries with good data 

Updated by V. Castanova, 1 November 1999