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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study

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Vital rates in India 1961-71 estimated from 1971 census data.

A Adlakha, D Kirk

Population Studies

|November 15, 2011

Summary

India's population growth in the last decade was slower than predicted. Fertility and mortality estimates reveal a declining birth rate and a smaller-than-expected mortality decline, leading to increased population growth.

Area of Science:

Demography
Population Studies
Public Health

Background:

India's population increase in the past decade was less than official forecasts predicted.
Accurate vital statistics and age-specific rates were limited, necessitating alternative estimation methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To estimate fertility and mortality rates in India using available census and sample registration data.
To analyze trends in birth rates, death rates, life expectancy, and population growth.

Main Methods:

Employed reverse-survival and forward-projection techniques for population estimation.
Utilized recent census and sample registration data in the absence of comprehensive vital statistics.

Main Results:

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Estimated birth rates between 40.5-42 and death rates between 18-20.

Life expectancy at birth was estimated at 45-46 years.

Mortality decline was less than forecast but significant compared to previous periods; infant mortality remains high. Males have a wider life expectancy gap over females.

Conclusions:

Crude birth rate declined by 7-10%, attributed to changes in marital fertility and population composition.
Despite a smaller-than-forecast mortality decline, higher death rate reduction than birth rate reduction resulted in accelerated population growth during 1961-71.