The contribution of age-specific mortality toward male and female life expectancy differentials in India and selected States, 1970-2013  

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Canudas-Romo, Vladimir ; Saikia, Nandita ; Nadia, Diamond-Smith

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Asia-Pacific Population Journal vol. 30 no. 02 (Dec. 2015), page 1-20.
Topik: sex gap; mortality; India; causes of death; log-quadratic model; life expectancy; age-decomposition

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: A61 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Most research of mortality differentials by sex in India focuses on disparities among children under 5 years of age. This paper assesses the changing age and cause patterns of mortality by sex in India and selected States using survey data and including mortality trends over the life span. Since the 1970s, the gap between female and male mortality in India has increased to female adventage. This occured despite persiting higher female morality below age 5, a disadventage masked by the large gap favoring women at adulr and older ages. This paper finds that the life expectancy gap between female and male in the second half of the 1990s can be attributed mainly to non-communicable diseases and external causes of death. While more developed States (primary in the South) Showed higher female longevity already in the 1970s, the States that lagged behind displayed similar mortality levels for females and males up until the turn of the century. The paper recommends strengtheing policies encouraging a healthy lifestyle for adults, particularly men.

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