LE variance calculator files
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LE_variance_calculator.xlsx
- Excel tool that computes life expectancy according to the Chiang method as well as the life expectancy
variance according to the standard Chiang, adjusted Chiang, adjusted Chiang + population error, and
adjusted Chiang with negative binomial overdispersion.

LE_variance_calculator_DOC.docx
- Word file that describes each of the variables or columns presented in the Excel tool


Datasets
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lifetables_provincial.txt
• life tables for the provinces and territories and by sex
• In this dataset, province numbers correspond to an alphabetical listing of provinces:
1.Alberta, 2.British Columbia, 3.Manitoba, 4.New Brunswick, 5.Newfoundland, 6.Northwest Territories and Nunavut, 7.Nova Scotia, 8.Ontario, 9.Prince Edward Island, 10.Quebec, 11.Saskatchewan, 12.Yukon Territory

lifetables_regional.txt
• life tables by health administrative region and by sex

lifetables_intraregional.txt
• life tables by region and deprivation:  M1,M2,M3 represent the tertiles of material deprivation; S1,S2,S3 represent the tertiles of social deprivation; D1,D3 represent the combined extremes of material and social deprivation