Mortality

Measurements
Keith Joshua A. Calimlim
Population Studies: Mortality
• Mortality is a measure of individual deaths in a population

• Mortality is an important demographic parameter that affects population growth.

• When the mortality is higher than the birth rate, the population will decrease.
 a. Crude death rate

b. Age-specific death rates

Mortality
Measurements c. Infant mortality rate

d. Under-five mortality rate

e. Life expectancy
Crude death rate

• The number of deaths in a population during a given period, divided by the total
population and expressed per 1,000.

• Crude Death Rate = (Number of deaths in each period) / (Population size) * 1000

The global crude death rate in 2020 was 8.4 deaths per 1,000 people. This
means that an estimated 60 million people died in 2020.
 • Death rates calculated separately for different age
Age-specific groups.

death rates The following table shows the global age-specific death
rates of 2020:

Age group Death rate per 1000 people

0-4 5.4

5-14 0.8

15-24 4.9

25-34 12.8

35-44 27.2

45-54 61.3

55-64 135.4

65-74 296.8

75-84 830.3

85 and over 3787.9

Infant • The number of deaths of infants under one
year of age per 1,000 live births.

mortality
rate • In 2020, the global infant mortality rate was
27.974 deaths per 1,000 live births
 • The number of deaths of children under five
years of age per 1,000 live births.

Under-five • The global under-five mortality rate in 2020

mortality was 37 deaths per 1000 live births.

rate • This means that an estimated 5 million

children under the age of 5 died in 2020.
 • The average number of years that a person is
expected to live, given their current age and
sex.

Life
expectancy • The global life expectancy in 2020 was 73.4 years.
This means that the average person born in 2020 is
expected to live for 73.4 years.
References:

• Child mortality (under 5 years). (2022, January 28). www.who.int.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/levels-and-trends-in-child-under-5-
mortality-in-2020#:~:text=While%20the%20global%20under%2D5,in%20Europe%20and
%20North%20America
.

• Hernandez, J. B. R. (2022, October 3). Epidemiology Morbidity And Mortality. StatPearls -

NCBI Bookshelf. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547668/#:~:text=Mortality
%20usually%20gets%20represented%20as,population%20by%20the%20total
%20population.
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• S, D. (2016, July 21). Measuring Death Rate: Top 5 Methods. Sociology Discussion -
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https://www.sociologydiscussion.com/demography/population-growth/measuring-
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