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

But even though a new mortality table of longer life expectancy was drawn up three years ago, insurance companies did not cut rates.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is far from true, as a glance at any mortality table will show!

From Time Magazine Archive

The mortality table here given is an example of modern use.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Assume that annuities on 10,000 lives each ten years of age, which satisfy the Hm mortality table, have been purchased.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

The actual number of deaths of any group of insured will not correspond exactly with the figures of any mortality table.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert