wellinghall: (Orkney)
wellinghall ([personal profile] wellinghall) wrote2009-03-26 04:46 pm
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Mortality


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.