The pattern and levels of mortality for the 1975-1977 Indonesian sample vital registration project area

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to estimate the levels and patterns of mortality in each Area of the 1975-1977 Indonesia Sample Vital Registration Project, based on the " observed " and the " adjusted " mortality data by age, where the adjustment factors in each Area are derived for each age group by applying the Chandra-Deming technique, In relation to the adjustment factors by " age " there is a considerable variation between Area, sexes ~a.nd ’years. The higher area for younger ages, whereas the lower factors are for older ages. There are differentials in mortality levels between sexes, urbanrural areas and Survey years, The male mortality exceeds that of females. In most cases, the mortality of rural areas is higher than urban areas, and the mortality of the second year is slightly higher than the third year. There is 2 stilladifference in mortality patterns between sexes and urban-rural areas. But the latter is probably due to the small number of deaths reported in each year. In general, the mortality patterns for both males and urban areas are smoother and more plausible than for those of females and rural areas, respectively. The 1975-1977 SVRP shows a mortality pattern under age 10 very similar to that of West Model at mortality level 14.0 for both sexes. In the middle age range the West Model seems to depict a higher mortality than observed. On the other hand, the reverse is true at old ages. Even if both the systems - Registration and Survey - are deficient, the estimates derived by the application of the Chandra-Deming procedure yield plausible mortality level, a Crude Death Rate for both sexes of 12.1. per thousand population and an expectation of life at birth 49.6 for males and 52.5 for females.