Survival Rates and Life Expectancy



Survival Rates and Life Expectancy

What does a survival curve tell you?

1. From this survival curve work out the average life expectancy for males and females before and after 1950.

Before 1950: Female:

Male:

After 1950: Female:

Male:

Figure 1: Typical survival curve for human population

2.

3.

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% survival

What is the approximate life expectancy for the developed world and the developing world?

What % of the population are still alive at the age of 40 in the developed and the developing world?

What are the chances of still being alive at the age of 70 in the developing world?

The graphs show the survival curves for two different groups of people within a developed country.

Suggest which groups of people these curves could represent and give reasons.

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