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  1. A way of summarizing the probability that an
  2. individual will give birth or die during
  3. successive periods of life. From this, the
  4. proportion of individuals who survive from
  5. birth to any given age (survivorship) and the
  6. mean number of offspring produced (net
  7. reproductive rate) can be determined.
  8. Insurance companies use life tables to
  9. estimate risks of death in order to set their
  10. premiums and governments use them to
  11. determine future needs for education and
  12. health services.
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