mortality table

American  

noun

Insurance.

1. 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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mortality table British  

noun

1. insurance an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and death frequency for a given age, occupation, etc

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Etymology

Origin of mortality table

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The mortality tables will have to fix the nation’s newsrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal

“All you have to do is look at the mortality tables in America to understand what I’m saying.”

From Washington Post

Plus, my wife may collect higher survivor benefits if she outlives me, and she probably will, the mortality tables say.

From New York Times

Smith’s public mood began to shift late last year after PERA’s board lowered the expected rate of return from 7.5 percent to 7.25 percent and adopted new mortality tables to reflect growing longevity.

From Washington Times

The changes would also eliminate rules that negatively affect women owing to differences with men in mortality tables and an earlier retirement age.

From The Wall Street Journal