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. 2012 Jun 12;12:430. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-430

Table 9.

Derivation of Smoothed Probability of Surviving and Smoothed Mortality Levels for Southern Nigeria

Age x lx(i) Probabilities of survivinglS(i)
Logit{lx(i)} Logit{lx(s)} Logit{lx(l) Smoothed Probability of Surviving Smoothed Probability of Dying
Level 16 Level 17 Level 16.21
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
15-19
1
0.9231
0.91750
0.92764
0.91963
−1.24262
−1.21866
−1.23807
0.92245
0.07755
20-24
2
0.8940
0.89785
0.91162
0.90074
−1.06613
−1.10275
−1.12216
0.90416
0.09584
25-29
3
0.8910
0.88526
0.90101
0.88857
−1.05050
−1.03810
−1.05751
0.89235
0.10765
30-34
5
0.8893
0.86818
0.88633
0.87199
−1.04181
−0.95934
−0.97875
0.87626
0.12374
35-39
10
0.8683
0.84751
0.86868
0.85196
−0.94301
−0.87501
−0.89442
0.85679
0.14321
40-44
15
0.8705
0.83592
0.85853
0.84067
−0.95269
−0.83160
−0.85101
0.84580
0.15420
45-49 20 0.8338 0.82169 0.84564 0.82672 −0.80640 −0.78128 −0.80069 0.83221 0.16779

lx(i): Probability of surviving for index population; lx(s): Probability of surviving for standard population.