"An analysis of mortality rates by age, color, and sex of selected generations of 5-year birth cohorts born 1896-1900 through 1926-1930. Compares cohort and period life table survivorship (lx) by single years of age, color, and sex for selected 5-year cohorts born 1899-1903 through 1928-1932. Based on death and population data for the death-registration States of the United States each year from 1900 to 1968."