한국 농촌지역의 사망력 측정에 관한 고찰 1960-1966

Abstract

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A Study of Measurement of Mortality Rate in Korean Rural AREAS (1960-1956)

Sung Hee Chee

Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University

(Directed by Professor Myung Ho Kim)

It has been generally acknowledged that population problem is ever growing issue

which needs world-wide effort to meet. Various countries have already tackled these

problems through family planning programs, while others are marking effort to

establish a population policy.

To establish population policy, a demographic index, such as population

composition, fertility rate, mortality rate and population growth rate, should be

constructed.

However, in rural Korea, only crude death rate in some part of areas have been

measured. The age specific mortality rate through life table funcions is yet to be

measured since 1950.

There has been a great improvement in the theory of derivation of life table

functions from the population census. This would enable us to measure the age

specific mortality rate, improving the accuracy of the vital data.

This study has initially been designed to measure the periodic mortality rate by

sex and age in rural areas from 1960 to 1966 in Korea.

The data have been collected from the population censuses of 1960 and 1966 and

Special Demographic Survey of 1966. The accuracy of these data have been tested

beforehand.

The Brass's method, i.e., "Children Ever Born" method and his general standard

life table have been applied to measure the childhood mortality rate and to

construct the life table functions.

The important findings are :

1. During the year 1960-1966 in rural Korea, the infant mortality rates (1g0)

were 59.5 per 1,000 live births for both sexes.

2. The probability of dying between exact age of one and exact age of five (4g1)

in rural Korea by Brass's ever born method were 67.7 per 1,000 births for male and

52.1 per 1,000 births for female.

3. The life expectancy at birth (e0) in rural Korea was 46.9 years for male and

53.2 years for female.

4. The life expectancy at the age of one (e1) in rural Korea was 48.9 years for

male and 55.6 years for female.

[영문]

It has been generally acknowledged that population problem is ever growing issue which needs world-wide effort to meet. Various countries have already tackled these problems through family planning programs, while others are marking effort to

establish a population policy.

To establish population policy, a demographic index, such as population composition, fertility rate, mortality rate and population growth rate, should be constructed.

However, in rural Korea, only crude death rate in some part of areas have been measured. The age specific mortality rate through life table funcions is yet to be measured since 1950.

There has been a great improvement in the theory of derivation of life table functions from the population census. This would enable us to measure the age specific mortality rate, improving the accuracy of the vital data.

This study has initially been designed to measure the periodic mortality rate by sex and age in rural areas from 1960 to 1966 in Korea.

The data have been collected from the population censuses of 1960 and 1966 and Special Demographic Survey of 1966. The accuracy of these data have been tested beforehand.

The Brass's method, i.e., "Children Ever Born" method and his general standard life table have been applied to measure the childhood mortality rate and to construct the life table functions.

The important findings are :

1. During the year 1960-1966 in rural Korea, the infant mortality rates (1g0) were 59.5 per 1,000 live births for both sexes.

2. The probability of dying between exact age of one and exact age of five (4g1) in rural Korea by Brass's ever born method were 67.7 per 1,000 births for male and 52.1 per 1,000 births for female.

3. The life expectancy at birth (e0) in rural Korea was 46.9 years for male and 53.2 years for female.

4. The life expectancy at the age of one (e1) in rural Korea was 48.9 years for male and 55.6 years for female.