Age-specific mortality is defined as the
A) difference between the number of individuals alive for any age class and the next older age class.
B) number of individuals that died during any given time interval divided by the number alive at the beginning of that interval.
C) number of individuals from the original cohort who are alive at the specified age.
D) probability at birth of surviving to any given age.
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