title: The force of mortality by life lived is the force of increment by life left in stationary populations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The age distribution and remaining lifespan distribution are identical in stationary populations. The life table survival function is proportional to the age distribution in stationary populations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We provide an alternative interpretation of the life table when viewed by remaining years of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The functions describing the mortality of birth cohorts over age are identical to the functions describing the growth of death cohorts as time to death decreases in stationary populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riffe