title: A parametric investigation of mortality transition in India: 1970-89.
abstract: "This paper attempts to analyze mortality transition in India during [the] 1970s and 1980s through the modelling of the age pattern of mortality by applying the Heligman-Pollard model mortality schedule.  The analysis reveals that mortality transition in India has not been uniform in all the age [or sex] groups....Middle-life mortality has been found to be more or less unchanged during the period under reference. Implications of the age pattern of mortality transition [on] health policy [are also] discussed."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D006262:Health; D007194:India; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Age Specific Death Rate; Asia; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Health; India; Models, Theoretical; Mortality--changes; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Southern Asia