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Abridged life tables for Pakistan based on the 1971 Population Growth Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Farhat Yusuf  and
Mazhar Hussain
Farhat Yusuf
Affiliation:
School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Mazhar Hussain
Affiliation:
Social Sciences Research Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Summary

A new set of abridged life tables for Pakistan is presented. Data from the 1971 Population Growth Survey were first analysed to estimate the degree of completeness of the reporting of male and female deaths; female deaths were substantially more under-reported than male deaths. Age–sex specific mortality schedules were adjusted accordingly.

Life expectancy was around 50 years at birth, but increased by 8–9 years for those surviving the substantial risks of dying in the first year of life. No significant sex differential in mortality could be discerned from the life tables.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 91 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © 1985, Cambridge University Press

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