Abridged national life table, Burma 1960-62

ABSTRACT

One method of measuring the mortality condition is constructing life tables that express the level of mortality in a particular area during a given year or period of years. The period 1960-62 which is free from any significant outbreak of epidemic diseases was chosen and the mid-year estimated population of the reporting towns covered by the vital registration system was taken and anabridged national life table constructed. The expectation of life at birth for a male was found to be 45.2 and for a female, 47.0.