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Life Tables

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Definition: Summarizing techniques used to describe the pattern of mortality and survival in populations. These methods can be applied to the study not only of death, but also of any defined endpoint such as the onset of disease or the occurrence of disease complications.  IM; no qualif    Other names Life Table Models; Life Table Methods; Life Table Analysis; Tables, Life; Models, Life Table; Model, Life Table; Methods, Life Table; Method, Life Table; Life Table Model; Life Table Estimate; Life Table Analyses; Life Table; Estimates, Life Table; Estimate, Life Table; Analysis, Life Table; Analyses, Life Table; Life Table Method; Life Table Estimates

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