Estimating 1a0 and 4a1 in a Life Table: A Model Approach Based on Newly Collected Data.

ABSTRACT: The average age of infant deaths, a10, and the average number of years lived-in the age interval-by those dying between ages 1 and 5, a41, are important quantities allowing the construction of any life table including these ages. In many applications, the direct calculation of these parameters is not possible, so they are estimated using the infant mortality rate-or the death rate from 0 to 1-as a predictor. Existing methods are general approximations that do not consider the full variability in the age patterns of mortality below the age of 5. However, at the same level of mortality, under-five deaths can be more or less concentrated during the first weeks and months of life, thus resulting in very different values of a10 and a41. This article proposes an indirect estimation of these para

SUBMITTER: Romero-Prieto J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463669 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature