Table 6 Indirect calculation of age-specific mortality rates using proportions of adult siblings who are still alive at the time of the survey in the 2011 and 2015 Zimbabwe DHS, female mortality
From: A new method for estimating recent adult mortality from summary sibling histories
n | Age group | DHS | DHS | Ratio | Adjusted ratio | \(_{5}p_{n}\) (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010–11 | 2015 | |||||
\(_{5}S^{15+}_{n-5}\) | \(_{5}S^{15+}_{n-0.24}\) | |||||
\((t-4.76)\) | (t) | |||||
Adjustment = − 0.0551 | ||||||
15 | 15–19 | 0.957 | 0.962 | 0.962 | 0.961 | 962.3 |
20 | 20–24 | 0.929 | 0.946 | 0.988 | 0.988 | 984.4 |
25 | 25–29 | 0.910 | 0.908 | 0.977 | 0.976 | 973.4 |
30 | 30–34 | 0.887 | 0.889 | 0.977 | 0.976 | 975.8 |
35 | 35–39 | 0.832 | 0.853 | 0.962 | 0.960 | 960.1 |
40 | 40–44 | 0.802 | 0.805 | 0.968 | 0.966 | 965.0 |
45 | 45–49 | 0.774 | 0.741 | 0.924 | 0.919 | 916.3 |
\(_{35}q_{15}\) (intersurvey period) = 236.1‰ | ||||||