Cemetery Demography: Life Tables, Mortality, and Survivorship Curves

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Mortality

The rate of death in a population.

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Survivorship

The proportion of individuals surviving at each age.

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Survival rate

The percentage of individuals that survive from one age to the next.

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Age-specific life expectancy

The average number of years a person of a specific age can expect to live.

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Cohorts

Groups of individuals born during the same time period.

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Mortality Curve

A graphical representation of the mortality rate at different ages.

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Survivorship Curve

A graph that shows the number of individuals surviving at each age.

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Type I, II, and III survivorship curves

Different patterns of survivorship that illustrate how mortality varies with age.