life expectancy is the average age at death of the cohort.
life expectancy is the average age at death of the cohort.
life expectancy is the average age at death of the?
cohort
the word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography. however, the term "longevity" is sometimes meant to refer only to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas "life expectancy" is always defined statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age. for example, a population's life expectancy at birth is the same as the average age at death for all people born in the same year (in the case of cohorts). longevity is best thought of as a term for general audiences meaning 'typical length of life' and specific statistical definitions should be clarified when necessary.
longevity
life expectancy is commonly confused with the average age an adult could expect to live. this confusion may create the expectation that an adult would be unlikely to exceed an average life expectancy, even though, with all statistical probability, an adult, who has already avoided many statistical causes of adolescent mortality, should be expected to outlive the average life expectancy calculated from birth. one must compare life expectancy of the period after childhood, to estimate the life expectancy of an adult. life expectancy can change dramatically after childhood, even in preindustrial times as is demonstrated by the roman life expectancy table, which estimates life expectancy to be 25 years "at birth", but 53 years upon reaching age 25. studies like plymouth plantation; "dead at forty" and life expectancy by age, 1850–2004 similarly show a dramatic increase in life expectancy once adulthood was reached.
life expectancy