actuarial tables

Death probability data

Actuarial tables are statistical charts used by insurance companies and pension funds to calculate risk and predict life expectancy.

They show the probability of death, illness, or other events at each age, helping determine insurance premiums and annuity payouts: The actuarial tables said he could expect to live another twenty years.

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statistical methodology

actuarial tablesclinical judgment

Healthcare provider's evaluative reasoning

anecdotal evidence · gut feeling · intuition · guesswork · folk wisdom

certainty and precision

actuarial tableswild guess

Uninformed speculation attempt

hunches · tea leaf reading · rough estimate · speculation · conjecture

temporal orientation

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Official records of demise

obituaries · autopsy reports · vital statistics · necrology · cemetery records

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