Demographic transition in India: an evolutionary interpretation of population and health trends using 'change-point analysis'.

ABSTRACT:

Background and rationale

Lack of a robust analytical tool for trend analysis of population and health indicators is the basic rationale of this study. In an effort to fill this gap, this study advances 'Change-Point analyzer' as a new analytical tool for assessment of the progress and its pattern in population and health indicators.

Methodology/principal findings

The defining feature of 'change-point analyzer' is that, it detects subtle changes that are often missed in simple trend line plots and also quantified the volume of change that is not possible in simple trend line plots. A long-term assessment of 'change-point analyses' of trends in population and health indicators such as IMR, Population size, TFR, and LEB in India show multiple points of critical changes. Measure

SUBMITTER: Goli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3799745 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature