Reconstruction of Indian life tables for 1901-1981 and projections for 1981-2001
Malaker, C.R.; Roy, S.G.
Sankhya 52(3): 271-286
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-4452 PMID: 12344757 DOI: 10.2307/25052654Document Number: 378898
"An attempt has been made to reconstruct life tables for India from 1901-11 to 1971-81 and to project for the decades 1981-91 and 1991-2001 by adopting a Brass relational model. The earlier actuarial life tables seem to have been based on a British model of sex differentials in mortality leading to higher life expectancies for females--not in tune with Indian experience. Consistency has been attained in this study by taking recourse to mortality patterns obtained from the Sample Registration System."