These life tables, 92 in all, are based on the 1920 enumerated population and on the births and deaths which occurred during the calendar years 1919 and 1920 in 27 registration states, the District of Columbia, and the Territory of Hawaii, and relate to about 74 per cent of the total population of the United States and this Territory.

The preparation of these life tables was approved by the Census Advisory Committee, in order that 1919-1920 life tables might be quickly available as a supplement to the United States Life Tables, 1890, 1901, 1910, and 1901-1910, recently prepared in the Bureau of the Census.

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Table 3 through Table 11 [3.3 MB]

Part 2: Methods Used and Actual Computation [3.4 MB]

Part 3: Original Statistics [3.1 MB]

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