title: [Construction of abridged life table for health evaluation of local resident using Excel program].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an easy computational tool for evaluating the health condition of local residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  An abridged life table was programmed by applying mathematical functions and formula in Excel program and tested with the real study data to evaluate the results computed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Excel was capable of computing group death probability of age in the life table ((n)q(x)), number of survivors (l(x)), number of death ((n)d(x)), survival per person-year ((n)L(x)), survival total per person-year (T(x)) and life expectancy (e(x)). The calculated results were consistent with those by SAS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The abridged life table constructed using Microsoft Excel can conveniently and accurately calculate the relevant indices for evaluating the health condition of the residents.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. tchqsh@jnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Qingsha
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaozhen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shouyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D015993:Life Tables; D012984:Software