Table 5 Indirect calculation of age-specific mortality rates using proportions of adult siblings who are still alive at the time of the survey, among those who were alive 5 years before, 2015 Zimbabwe DHS, female mortality
From: A new method for estimating recent adult mortality from summary sibling histories
n | Age group | \(_{5}S^{15+}_{n-5}\) | \(_{5}S^{15+}_{n}\) | \(_{5}p_{n}\) | \(_{5}q_{n}\) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\((t-5)\) | (t) | (‰) | (‰) | (‰) | ||
15 | 15–19 | 0.982 | 0.963 | 981.1 | 18.9 | 10.0–27.8 |
20 | 20–24 | 0.968 | 0.946 | 971.4 | 28.6 | 20.6–36.6 |
25 | 25–29 | 0.936 | 0.906 | 965.4 | 34.6 | 26.2–43.0 |
30 | 30–34 | 0.914 | 0.887 | 970.8 | 29.2 | 22.7–35.8 |
35 | 35–39 | 0.883 | 0.851 | 964.2 | 35.8 | 27.9–43.7 |
40 | 40–44 | 0.843 | 0.805 | 953.2 | 46.8 | 36.4–57.3 |
45 | 45–49 | 0.787 | 0.742 | 939.5 | 60.5 | 44.9–76.2 |
\(_{35}q_{15}\) (0–4y) = 228.8‰ (95% CI: 205.2–252.5) | ||||||