[Pophealth] World Mortality Report 2005

[Stephen Bezruchka]

We are awash with data as health disparities increase.  Does documenting 
it help?  This is a very complete profile of data and trends for most 
countries (not Taiwan).  Stephen


The World Mortality Report 2005

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, 2006

Available online as PDF file [441p.] at: 
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmortality/WMR2005.pdf

"..The main objective of this report is to compile and summarize available 
information about levels and trends of mortality and life expectancy for 
national populations.

"...Aside from a comparison of mortality data from different sources, the 
report permits an assessment of gaps in information. This exercise can 
provide crucial insights, especially given the ongoing efforts to combat 
child mortality and HIV/AIDS necessary to reach the United Nations 
Millenium Development Goals and the need for data to validate progress 
made in these areas. The World Mortality Report 2005 provides a broad 
overview of mortality changes in all countries of the world during the 
latter half of the 20th century.."



Content:

Preface

Chapter

I. SCOPE, METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES

A. Overview of mortality estimates

B. Methods of mortality estimation

C. Sources of mortality data

D. Summary of comparative tables

E. Layout of country profiles

References

II. DATA SOURCES

Table 1. Sources of data on life expectancy and survival probabilities

Table 2. Sources of data on infant and child mortality

III. COMPARATIVE TABLES

Table 3. Life expectancy at birth, by country

Table 4. Survival probability from age 15 to age 60, by country

Table 5. Infant mortality rate by sex, by country

Table 6. Under-five mortality rate by sex, by country

IV. COUNTRY PROFILES





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