Prediction of life expectancy in individuals in the United Kingdom using current cohort tables.

This paper provides updated cohort tables of life expectancy for individuals in the United Kingdom. Using 2008-based projections from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) cohort and period expectation of life tables (the Ogden tables); predicted future life expectancies were calculated for quintiles of age from 0-90 years in men and women with mortality ratios between 100% and 1000%. Period tables have been included to illustrate the differences between period and cohort life expectancy in men and women at various ages. These tables are not intended to predict specific life expectancy in individuals but may indicate the mean life expectancy of a cohort of similarly affected people in the UK.