Actuarial Study, Issue 112

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U.S. Department Health, Education, and Welfare, Social Security Administration, Office of the Actuary, 1997
 

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Page 10 - The total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children at each age in accordance with prevailing age-specific fertility rates.
Page 5 - The total fertility rate for any year is the average number of children who would be born to a woman in her lifetime if she were to experience the birth rates by age observed in, or assumed for, the selected year, and if she were to survive the entire child-bearing period.
Page 14 - ... (temporary). Ql: What is the proper method for determining population? Al: All determinations of population must be made with respect to any calendar year on the basis of the most recent census estimate (whether final or provisional) of the resident population of the State or other governmental unit published by the Bureau of the Census in the "Current Population Reports" series before the beginning of the calendar year.
Page 5 - The life expectancy for any year is the average number of years of life remaining for a person if that person were to experience the death rates by age observed in, or assumed for, the selected year.
Page 24 - Future improvements in mortality will depend upon such factors as the development and application of new diagnostic, surgical, and life-sustaining techniques, the presence of environmental pollutants, improvements in exercise and nutrition, the incidence of violence, the isolation and treatment of causes of disease, the emergence of new forms of disease, improvements in prenatal care, the...
Page 38 - IMMIGRATION ACT OF NOVEMBER 29, 1990 (104 Statutes-at-Large 4978) A major overhaul of immigration law: a. Increased total immigration under an overall flexible cap of 675,000 immigrants beginning in fiscal year 1995, preceded by a 700,000 level during fiscal years 1992 through 1994. The 675,000 level to consist of: 480,000 familysponsored; 140,000 employment-based; and 55,000 "diversity immigrants.
Page 7 - Census to be consistent with population estimates by age as published by the Bureau of the Census in Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No.
Page 6 - Considerably more detailed data than are published here are available from the Office of the Chief Actuary, upon request. Because eligibility for many categories of OASDI benefits depends on marital status, the population is projected by marital status, as well as by age and sex. The projections start from a recent estimate of the population in the Social Security Area by age, sex, and marital status and from a recent estimate of existing marriages by age of husband and age of wife. Three separate...
Page 5 - The ultimate total fertility rate is assumed to be reached in 2018. ?The age-sex-adjusted death rate is the crude rate that would occur in the enumerated total population as of April 1, 1980, if that population were to experience the death rates by age and sex observed in, or assumed for, the selected year.
Page 21 - ... were calculated and analyzed by age group and sex for ten groups of causes of death (based on the Ninth Revision of the International List of Diseases and Causes of Death code numbers). These groups of causes of death are as follows: I. Diseases of the Heart II. Malignant Neoplasms III. Vascular Diseases IV. Accidents, Suicide, and Homicide V. Diseases of the Respiratory System VI. Congenital Malformations, Diseases of Early Infancy VII. Diseases of the Digestive System VIII. Diabetes Mellitus...

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