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

Table 3

Estimated mortality rates, by sex, for Malawi 1977–1987 and 1987–1998 intercensal periods.

Age group	1977–1987	1987–1998	1977–1987	1987–1998
	Males	Males	Females	Females
15–19	−0.8550	0.0603	−0.7025	0.1053
20–24	−0.0500	0.8265	0.1025	0.4995
25–29	−0.1225	0.8593	0.1050	0.4800
30–34	−0.3000	0.7353	0.0200	0.5548
35–39	0.3825	0.9063	0.0000	0.7240
40–44	0.3500	1.1923	−0.0250	0.8403
45–49	−0.4775	1.5133	0.0125	0.8945