Exam 3 #6
UIC BioS 101 Nyberg
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Proportionate survival =Survivorship
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Survivorship is the probability of a new born surviving to age X.
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The symbol for survivorship is l(x).
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l(x) = S(x)/S(0) where S(0) is the number of new borns in the cohort and S(x) is number of new borns in cohort that survive to age X.
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