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Sincere thanks to everyone for the many helpful responses I received to my
query last week about finding a machine-readable file of life expectancy by
age, gender, and race (U.S.)

In case it is useful information for anyone else, I found the exact table my
user wanted via the Census Bureau's web page (http://www.census.gov,
population and housing, projections, ftp server).  Many thanks to the person who
pointed this reference out to me.

Several of you made reference to the Expectation of Life and Expected Deaths
by Race, Sex, and Age: 1991 (U.S. Department of Commerce, Statistical Abstract
of the United States 1994. Washington, DC: 1994, Table 116, p. 88. Original
source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics
of the United States, annual and unpublished data.) which was equally useful.

This was a most pleasant learning experience: I benefited greatly by your
collective wisdom, I learned something, and my user got what she wanted.

Cheers,
Cindy Severt
Center for Demography & Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
severt@ssc.wisc.edu