Mortality

[wellinghall]

The average 30 year old male in the UK has approximately a 1 in 1,000 chance of dying in the next year

The average 60 year old male in the UK has approximately a 10 in 1,000 chance of dying in the next year

The average 30 year old female in the UK has approximately a 0.4 in 1,000 chance of dying in the next year

The average 60 year old female in the UK has approximately a 6 in 1,000 chance of dying in the next year

Source: latest UK interim life tables from the ONS (although actually picked up from the GAD website)


Do a Google search on "uk population mortality" (leaving in the quotes), and limit the search to UK websites. See what the fourth hit is. Be amused.

Comments

[segh.livejournal.com]

What worries me is that nobody has noticed that the entire population has been transformed into caribou.

[tree_and_leaf]

It does explain an awful lot about the undergrads, though!

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Yeah thanks for that.