Estimates of Age-Specific Mortality Rates from Sequential Cross-Sectional Data in Malawi

Table 1

Age-specific death rates by sex: Malawi 1977, 1987, and 1998 censuses.

Age group	1977		1987		1998
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
10–14	12.9	12.7	6.2	5.4	8.6	8.3
15–19	6.3	6.3	2.4	2.9	5.1	5.3
20–24	6.5	6.3	4.0	5.3	7.1	6.5
25–29	8.4	6.9	5.3	7.0	11.8	8.4
30–34	8.9	7.5	5.3	6.9	12.5	10.9
35–39	9.5	8.7	5.4	7.0	13.4	12.7
40–44	10.8	10.0	6.0	7.6	15.3	14.6
45–49	13.0	11.1	7.0	8.6	18.5	15.8
50–54	15.7	12.2	8.8	10.3	22.2	17.1