  We present some results and remarks based on a combinatorial approach of the
evaluation of the nuclear level density. First, we show that it is possible to
extract some reliable information from the output of the program whose rough
data present a strong statistical fluctuation from bin to bin. This includes
smoothing and evaluation of the desired quantities. After some comments about
the spin and parity distributions, we consider the question of the
non-equipartition of parities, mainly, at low energies. Finally, we present a
simple model to include and test this effect in the computation of
thermonuclear reaction rates.

Nuclear Theory;Astrophysics