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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 Probability of dying between age 15 and 60 years (45q15) estimated from DHS sibling histories

From: Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter?

  

Directly estimated 45q15

INDEPTH model smoothed estimated 45q15

Country

DHS Survey Year

Male

95% CI

Female

95% CI

Total

95% CI

Male

Female

 Cameroon

2011

0.3943

(0.3723–0.4163)

0.3077

(0.2903–0.3251)

0.3517

(0.3377–0.3657)

0.5626

0.5696

 Kenya

2008/2009

0.3814

(0.3543–0.4085)

0.2848

(0.2639–0.3057)

0.3348

(0.3177–0.3519)

0.5740

0.6043

 Liberia

2013

0.2504

(0.2269–0.2739)

0.2586

(0.2367–0.2806)

0.2553

(0.2392–0.2714)

0.3744

0.4605

 Mali

2012/2013

0.1629

(0.1441–0.1816)

0.1865

(0.1635–0.2094)

0.1735

(0.1589–0.1881)

0.2478

0.3088

 Sierra Leone

2013

0.2577

(0.2397–0.2757)

0.2642

(0.2469–0.2814)

0.2610

(0.2486–0.2735)

0.3828

0.3923

 Tanzania

2010

0.3215

(0.2974–0.3455)

0.2796

(0.2586–0.3006)

0.3012

(0.2853–0.3172)

0.4584

0.5604

 Uganda

2011

0.4227

(0.3922–0.4532)

0.2920

(0.2688–0.3152)

0.3581

(0.3389–0.3772)

0.6197

0.5964

  1. Source: Author computations from DHS datasets
  2. *Reference period for the deaths 6 years before the survey