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Model life tables for developing countries

United Nations (1982). Model Life Tables for Developing Countries (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.81.XIII.7).

Survivorship functions vary among countries and change differently during the universal process of mortality decline; these variations can be broadly classified in regional patterns. Age patterns of mortality in developing countries differ from those of historical European experience; moreover, the developing world is diverse. This publication describes the methodology and use of model life tables for estimating the national age pattern of mortality in a country when direct data is missing. The database of model life tables contained in the volume became an indispensable tool for many demographers. It is related to The concept of a stable population: application to the study of populations of countries with incomplete demographic statistics, Manual X and cluster Population Projections.

Preface and Table of contents (English, French, Spanish) (1963 KB)

Introduction (English, French, Spanish) (374 KB)

Chapter I: Description of the data base (English, French, Spanish) (733 KB)
Chapter II: Construction of the model life tables (English, French, Spanish) (1578 KB)
Chapter III: Overview of the model age patterns (English, French, Spanish) (3011 KB)
Chapter IV: Use of the model tables (English, French, Spanish) (3352 KB)
Chapter V: Sex differentials in mortality (English, French, Spanish) (1088 KB)
Chapter VI: Description of the annexes (English, French, Spanish) (467 KB)

Annexes

Annex I: United Nations model life tables (5849 KB)
Annex II: Single-year mortality under age 5 (937 KB)
Annex III: Five-year life table survival ratios (755 KB)
Annex IV: Ten-year life table survival ratios (722 KB)
Annex V: Description of life table construction for the input life tables (3370 KB)

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