Table 7 Median ratios of indirect estimates of adult mortality from (a) adult lifetime proportions or (b) changes in proportions surviving, over direct estimates from SSH (upper panel) or WPP estimates (lower panel)

Sex of siblings

 Males

1.04

0.93–1.20

0.97

0.93–1.02

 Females

1.02

0.91–1.18

0.98

0.94–1.02

Region

 South & Southeast Asia

1.16

1.06–1.30

1.04

0.99–1.09

 Middle Africa

1.01

0.90–1.13

0.97

0.95–1.00

 Eastern Africa

0.98

0.88–1.14

0.94

0.92–0.97

 Southern Africa

0.99

0.84–1.19

0.94

0.91–1.00

 Western Africa

1.01

0.92–1.12

0.98

0.95–1.02

 Latin America & Car.

1.16

1.02–1.32

1.02

0.97–1.07

 North Africa/West Asia/Oceania

1.13

0.95–1.28

1.06

1.02–1.09

Age group of respondents

Ratios of \(_{35}q_{15}\)

Ratios of \(_{5}q_{n}\)

 15–19

–

–

1.09

0.90–1.42

 20–24

1.05

0.91–1.25

1.26

1.06–1.54

 25–29

1.04

0.93–1.18

1.08

0.94–1.26

 30–34

1.02

0.94–1.17

0.85

0.74–1.01

 35–39

1.08

0.94–1.23

0.91

0.79–1.09

 40–44

1.03

0.92–1.18

0.90

0.77–1.02

 45–49

0.99

0.88–1.13

1.00

0.87–1.18

Sex of siblings

 Males

0.78

0.67–0.92

0.85

0.75–0.98

 Females

0.79

0.68–0.94

0.84

0.73–0.96

Region

 South & Southeast Asia

0.82

0.71–0.96

0.85

0.80–0.92

 Middle Africa

0.86

0.73–1.01

1.00

0.86–1.06

 Eastern Africa

0.80

0.69–0.93

0.88

0.78–0.99

 Southern Africa

0.74

0.65–0.90

0.86

0.81–0.92

 Western Africa

0.72

0.63–0.83

0.77

0.69–0.86

 Latin America & Car.

0.88

0.75–1.09

0.86

0.77–1.01

 North Africa/West Asia/Oceania

0.64

0.53–0.77

0.64

0.53–0.74

Age group of respondents

Ratios of \(_{35}q_{15}\)

Ratios of \(_{5}q_{n}\)

 15–19

–

–

0.97

0.76–1.31

 20–24

0.92

0.77–1.10

0.96

0.74–1.25

 25–29

0.85

0.73–0.98

0.88

0.72–1.06

 30–34

0.79

0.68–0.94

0.77

0.64–0.95

 35–39

0.76

0.67–0.88

0.80

0.65–0.92

 40–44

0.74

0.63–0.85

0.78

0.65–0.95

 45–49

0.70

0.60–0.81

0.79

0.65–0.94