Historic and projected mortality data from the UK life tables, prepared by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset contains tables of qx (probability of dying at each age) and lx (numbers of people surviving at each age) for the UK on a period and cohort basis for each year from 1951 to 2060. It was first published in this release and is designated as Official Statistics.
Use Cases
- Projecting life expectancy trends based on historic and projected qx/lx values.
- Analyzing cohort survival patterns based on the cohort life expectancy tables.
- Modeling population demographics using the probability of dying at each age.
- Comparing period versus cohort mortality trends for the UK and its constituent countries.
Strengths
- Data covers a 110-year time range from 1951 to 2060.
- Includes both historic and projected mortality metrics for forward-looking analysis.
- Produced by the Office for National Statistics, an official government agency.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the UK national statistics.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Collection Method
- Calculated for the production of period and cohort life expectancy tables.
- Time Range
- 1951 to 2060
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:53.666766; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United Kingdom and constituent countries