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methodological ·problem in the construction of an abridged life-table. In this article, we have introduced and demonstrated-using an approximate estimate of the age specific death rates of Iran, 1986-three principal methods to over come this problem : 1) the method based on the assumption of even distridution of deaths in each age interval, 2) the Greville method, and 3) the Reed and Merrell method
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