Open AccessII. On the construction of life-tables; illustrated by a new life-table of the healthy districts of England
Author(s) -
W Illiam Are
Publication year - 1859
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1857.0148
Subject(s) - table (database) , computer science , life table , operations research , medicine , mathematics , data mining , environmental health , population
The Transactions of the Royal Society contain the first Life-Table: it was constructed by Halley, who discovered its remarkable properties, and illustrated some of its applications. With better data improved methods have been found out, and the form has been extended so as to facilitate the solution of various questions.
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