Re: life expectancy tables

Patrick L. Brockett ( (no email) )
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:22:10 -0600

While I know of no published tables by the SOA or CAS constructed
empirically on the basis on prospective or retrospective mortality studies,
I have written on the subject and showed how to construct such a lifetable
by information theoretic methods which "is as close to the standard (or
given) mortality table as possible subject to the constraints that the so
constructed mortality table be consistent with published data on mortality
ratios of paraplegics (respectively quadraplegics) from published medical
literature". I shall be happy to send you the paper and references related
to this. One paper appeared in the Transactions of the Society of
Actuaries in 1991 and one in the Journal of Actuarial Practice. I can send
explicit references if so desired.
Pat Brockett

>I am looking for updated life expectancy tables for people with spinal cord
>injuries and people with brain injuries. These tables calculate an
>estimated life expectancy for males and females separately based on the age
>at the time of loss (0 - 70+). The spinal cord injury table also breaks
>down "complete" and "incomplete" paraplegics and quadriplegics.
>
>Could somebody point me in the right direction? This was posted to the
>SOA discussion group with no response. Thanks.
>
>- - Scott Henck
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