Life analysis is the process of aggregating and analyzing the historical record of property for the purpose of obtaining information about the mortality characteristics of the property. Aged mortality data were collected for over 285 accounts from the domestic machinery industries. In this paper, estimates of service lives based on directly observed data on domestic machinery property and retirement rates are presented. It appears from the results of this study that Iowa L₃ - 10 survivor curves is the most appropriate expression for describing on domestic machinery property.