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noun Insurance.
an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
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Also called life table.
Origin of mortality table
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby mortality table
mort, mortadella, mortal, mortality, mortality rate, mortality table, mortal mind, mortal sin, mortal sin/venial sin, mortar, mortarboard
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How to use mortality table in a sentence
This general form of the mortality table remains in use as the natural and best for such collections of facts.
This is illustrated by the following figures, calculated from the HM mortality table at 3% interest.
Assume that annuities on 10,000 lives each ten years of age, which satisfy the Hm mortality table, have been purchased.
British Dictionary definitions for mortality table
mortality table
noun
insurance an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and death frequency for a given age, occupation, etc
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