Decomposition of Crude Death Rates for India and its Selected States - 1971 and 2011.

The study of Mortality is an essential component for demographic studies and public health administration. When comparing the CDRs between any two situations, it is important to understand the contribution of various factors towards the difference in CDR; this can be done through the method of decomposition. The present study examine the decomposition of difference between CDR of India and some of its selected states from various zones of India for the period 1971 and 2011 for both sexes. We use Kitawaga (1955) decomposition method which gives an additive contribution of age compositional difference and age specific mortality rates. It has been found that Andhra Pradesh has the highest decline of CDR (4.81 points) for males which is due to the highest contribution of age specific mortality rate whereas Haryana for females (27.74 points) which is due to the contribution of both age specific mortality rates and age compositional difference. The outcome of the study at national and state level of India was rather meaningful as we observed the improvement of females' mortality rates over males. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]