Life table quantities from the "West" family of Coale-Demeny model life tables.
west_lifetabA data frame with 1,050 rows and the following variables:
level Index for life table. Lower level implies
lower life expectancy.
sex "Female", and "Male".
age Age, in life table age groups, with an open age
group of 95+.
mx Mortality rate.
ax Average years lived in age interval by people
who die in that interval.
qx Probability some alive at start of age interval
dies during interval.
lx Number of people still alive at start of
age interval.
dx Number of people dying during age interval.
Lx Number of person-years lived during age interval.
ex Expectation of life at start of age interval.