TABLE 1. | ESTIMATES OF LIFE EXPECTANCY IN VARIOUS HIGH MORTALITY POPULATIONS |
Source |
e0 | e50 |
Acsádi & Nemeskéri (1970) | ||
Stone age | 21.1 | 12.2 |
Copper age | 28.9 | 10.4 |
Roman era | 27.8 | 15.7 |
Middle ages | 28.7 | 10.7 |
Thatcher (1980) | ||
Breslau, 1687-1691 (from Halley) | 28 | 17 |
Liverpool, 1841 | 26 | 16 |
English Life Table No. 1, 1841 | 41 | 21 |
British Peerage (Hollingsworth 1977) | ||
cc.1550-1574* |
37.8 | 12.6 |
cc.1575-1599 |
36.0 | 14.6 |
cc.1600-1624 |
33.6 | 14.4 |
cc.1625-1649 |
31.7 | 14.6 |
cc.1650-1674 |
30.0 | 15.5 |
cc.1675-1699 |
33.2 | 15.8 |
cc.1700-1724 |
34.9 | 17.0 |
cc.1725-1749 |
38.8 | 18.3 |
cc.1550-1574 |
38.2 | 11.6 |
cc.1575-1599 |
38.3 | 12.5 |
cc.1600-1624 |
35.9 | 12.9 |
cc.1625-1649 |
34.2 | 13.2 |
cc.1650-1674 |
33.7 |
17.7 |
cc.1675-1699 |
35.3 |
15.8 |
cc.1700-1724 |
37.5 |
18.0 |
cc.1725-1749 |
37.4 |
20.4 |
Qing Imperial Lineage, males only (Lee et al. 1993)** 1700-09 through 1890-99 | 22-42 (increasing) | 9.5-12.5 (steady) |
Wang clan, males only (Zhao 1994) | ||
0-499 | - | 16.8 |
500-999 | - | 16.8 |
1000-1199 | - | 17.9 |
1200-1399 | - | 18.2 |
1400-1499 | - | 18.3 |
1500-1599 | - | 18.2 |
1600-1699 | - | 17.9 |
1700-1760 | - | 16.5 |
Indian Life Tables (Davis 1951) | ||
Males 1872-1881 | 23.7 | 13.9 |
1881-1891 |
24.6 | 14.3 |
1891-1901 | 23.6 | 13.6 |
1901-1911 | 22.6 | 14.0 |
1911-1921 | 19.4 | 14.3 |
1921-1931 | 26.9 | 14.3 |
1931-1941 | 32.1 | 17.8 |
Females 1872-1881 | 25.6 | 15.0 |
1881-1891 | 25.5 | 15.6 |
1891-1901 | 24.0 | 14.5 |
1901-1911 | 23.3 | 14.3 |
1911-1921 | 20.9 | 15.0 |
1921-1931 | 26.6 | 14.4 |
1931-1941 | 31.4 | 18.4 |
Slave Populations | ||
Trinidad, 1783-1816 (John 1988) | ||
Females | 17.3 | 13.5 |
Males | 17.3 | 11.9 |
Guyana, 1820-1832 (Roberts 1952) | 22.8 | 11.1 |
Grenada, 1818 (Koplan 1983) | 25.9 | 12.7 |
Liberian Immigrants, 1820-1843 (McDaniel 1992) | ||
Raw, Females | 2.2 | 7.9 |
Raw, Males | 1.7 | 6.6 |
Conditional, Females | 25.8 | 9.6 |
Conditional, Males | 23.9 | 8.3 |
Sweden, 1751-1760 | ||
Males | 35.6 |
18.8 |
Females | 38.5 |
20.3 |
* | The life table values for British peers refer to 25-year birth cohorts, designated by "cc." followed by the birth years. |
** | Numerical estimates of Qing life expectancy were extracted from graphs published by Lee et al. and therefore are presented here as a range of values with an indication of the long-term trend in parentheses. |
| The value of e50 for Guyanese slaves was derived by linear interpolation using the values of e48 and e54 given by Roberts (1952). |
| For Liberian immigrants, "raw" refers to life tables computed using all deaths recorded after arrival in Liberia; "conditional" refers to life tables computed using only deaths recorded at least one year after arrival in Liberia. |