§8-46. Mortality tables as evidence  


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  • Whenever it is necessary to establish the expectancy of continued life of any person from any period of the person's life, whether the person is living at the time or not, the table hereto appended shall be received in all courts and by all persons having power to determine litigation, as evidence, with other evidence as to the health, constitution and habits of the person, of such expectancy represented by the figures in the columns headed by the words "completed age" and "expectation" respectively:

               Completed Age                          Expectation

                          0                                            75.8

                          1                                            75.4

                          2                                            74.5

                          3                                            73.5

                          4                                            72.5

                          5                                            71.6

                          6                                            70.6

                          7                                            69.6

                          8                                            68.6

                          9                                            67.6

                        10                                            66.6

                        11                                            65.6

                        12                                            64.6

                        13                                            63.7

                        14                                            62.7

                        15                                            61.7

                        16                                            60.7

                        17                                            59.8

                        18                                            58.8

                        19                                            57.9

                        20                                            56.9

                        21                                            56.0

                        22                                            55.1

                        23                                            54.1

                        24                                            53.2

                        25                                            52.2

                        26                                            51.3

                        27                                            50.4

                        28                                            49.4

                        29                                            48.5

                        30                                            47.5

                        31                                            46.6

                        32                                            45.7

                        33                                            44.7

                        34                                            43.8

                        35                                            42.9

                        36                                            42.0

                        37                                            41.0

                        38                                            40.1

                        39                                            39.2

                        40                                            38.3

                        41                                            37.4

                        42                                            36.5

                        43                                            35.6

                        44                                            34.7

                        45                                            33.8

                        46                                            32.9

                        47                                            32.0

                        48                                            31.1

                        49                                            30.2

                        50                                            29.3

                        51                                            28.5

                        52                                            27.6

                        53                                            26.8

                        54                                            25.9

                        55                                            25.1

                        56                                            24.3

                        57                                            23.5

                        58                                            22.7

                        59                                            21.9

                        60                                            21.1

                        61                                            20.4

                        62                                            19.7

                        63                                            18.9

                        64                                            18.2

                        65                                            17.5

                        66                                            16.8

                        67                                            16.1

                        68                                            15.5

                        69                                            14.8

                        70                                            14.2

                        71                                            13.5

                        72                                            12.9

                        73                                            12.3

                        74                                            11.7

                        75                                            11.2

                        76                                            10.6

                        77                                            10.0

                        78                                              9.5

                        79                                              9.0

                        80                                              8.5

                        81                                              8.0

                        82                                              7.5

                        83                                              7.1

                        84                                              6.6

                        85 and over                               6.6

(1883, c. 225; Code, s. 1352; Rev., s. 1626; C.S., s. 1790; 1955, c. 870; 1971, c. 968; 1997-133, s. 1.)