SOCI 234 Lecture 13: Lecture 13 - Mortality Measures

• School: McGill University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 234
• Professor: Sarah Brauner- Otto

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Number of deaths over the total population. Cdr = (# of deaths in a year/population) x 1000. Influenced by age and sex structure, but mostly the age structure. Numbers are no longer influenced by the proportion of a population in that age group. Nmx = asdr for age group x to x+n. If you have high infant mortality, you will probably have high age mortality and high mortality in the younger ages too. Generally a j or u shaped curve. U shape curves - high infant and old age mortality. J shape curves - short end for infant mortality is lower. Crude death rate for the different populations is different. Distribution of the population could result in a higher. Study of mortality in the us (by anne case and angus deaton) Compare us mortality to mortality in a few european. Compare us mortality to mortality in a few european countries. Middle age adults, for us white, non-hispanics in the 21st.