life table

American  

noun

Insurance.

1. mortality table.

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life table British  

noun

1. another name for mortality table

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Etymology

Origin of life table

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

She and a research assistant scraped roster data going back to the league’s 1997 launch and built what demographers call a “life table.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Arias and her colleagues calculated life expectancy using a technique called a period life table.

From Scientific American

Ms. Zarr added that a police report was filed against a male student who walked up to the Students for Life table, grabbed all of its information booklets, and ran off before throwing them in a gutter.

From Washington Times

Developing a comprehensive life table will show the trajectory of a population.

From Washington Post

I have attached a spreadsheet that uses the same Social Security life table you may have used for your column.

From Seattle Times