TABLE 3.

Major League Baseball Player Life Expectancies for the Period 1970–2004

							Life Expectancies (èx)
Age Group	mx	qx	lx	dx	Lx	Tx	MLB	U.S. Males
20–24	0.0003	0.0015	100,000	146	499,634	5,810,771	58.11	53.25
25–29	0.0005	0.0025	99,854	246	498,652	5,311,137	53.19	48.67
30–34	0.0006	0.0030	99,607	300	497,286	4,812,485	48.31	44.10
35–39	0.0008	0.0039	99,307	391	495,557	4,315,199	43.45	39.57
40–44	0.0016	0.0077	98,916	766	492,665	3,819,641	38.62	35.09
45–49	0.0024	0.0121	98,150	1,188	487,780	3,326,977	33.90	30.66
50–54	0.0053	0.0264	96,962	2,558	478,416	2,839,197	29.28	26.37
55–59	0.0085	0.0414	94,404	3,911	462,244	2,360,780	25.01	22.30
60–64	0.0133	0.0642	90,493	5,807	437,949	1,898,536	20.98	18.53
65–69	0.0212	0.1008	84,686	8,532	402,101	1,460,587	17.25	15.12
70–74	0.0332	0.1534	76,154	11,686	351,556	1,058,486	13.90	12.05
75–79	0.0493	0.2194	64,468	14,147	286,974	706,929	10.97	9.39
80–84	0.0891	0.3645	50,321	18,341	205,754	419,956	8.35	7.12
85+	0.1493	1.0000	31,980	31,980	214,202	214,202	6.70	5.31

Note: The estimates control for cohort effects.

Source: Derived from Table 2, Model 3 and Armstrong (1997).