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Expected Survival Table

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An expected survival table is required only when Relative Survival or Crude Probability of Death Using Expected Survival has been chosen on the Statistic tab. Together the observed and expected survival is used to generate relative survival.

The following is a sample table showing one year of survival for white males aged 0 through 6 for 1970 and 1980.

Race

Sex

Age

1970

1980

White

Male

0

0.98407

0.98769

White

Male

1

0.99901

0.99908

White

Male

2

0.99926

0.99934

White

Male

3

0.9941

0.99947

White

Male

4

0.99949

0.99957

White

Male

5

0.99954

0.99961

White

Male

6

0.99957

0.99963

All survival saved in this sample table are stored in binary numerical format.

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