Decennial Life Tables are graduated life tables published by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset provides statistics on national life expectancy for each constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is published once every ten years and is designated as National Statistics.
Use Cases
- Model national mortality trends based on decennial life expectancy statistics.
- Compare life expectancy across UK constituent countries based on the published statistics.
- Forecast population demographics and pension liabilities based on official life tables.
Strengths
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality standards.
- Published by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
- Provides data for each constituent country of the UK.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Update frequency is decennial, which may affect timeliness for some applications.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Collection Method
- Graduated life tables based on national statistics.
- Time Range
- Decennial publication cycle.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:25.468062; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United Kingdom and its constituent countries.