Adult Mortality in India: Trends, Socio-economic Disparities and Consequences

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This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the adult mortality situation in India. Each chapter ranges from general adult mortality patterns to its consequences in India. It discusses data-related challenges to studying adult mortality and examines the level, trends, and changing patterns, whether convergence or divergence of adult mortality across the regions from 1981 to 2015. Analyzing the mortality risk across different socioeconomic groups of the population in India, it examines the major underlying causes of adult death with a detailed analysis of external causes of death. The volume enhances the reader's understanding of adult health situations through the lenses of gender, caste, religion, rural-urban, economic status, and region of residence, and its severe consequences at the household level. It is a valuable addition to knowledge on demography, epidemiology, health economics, applied statistics, and public health studies worldwide. It is a must-reference work for Master's and Ph.D. scholars to explore India's and low- and middle-income countries' mortality situations. Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Contents About the Authors Abbreviations List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction Abstract 1.1 Introduction References 2 Adult Mortality Studies Around the World and in India: Data Challenges, Research Questions, and Novelty of the Present Study Abstract 2.1 Introduction 2.2 A Summary of Adult Mortality Literature 2.2.1 Adult Mortality in Europe 2.2.2 Adult Mortality in Asia 2.2.3 Adult Mortality in Africa 2.2.4 Sex Differential in Adult Mortality 2.2.5 Socioeconomic Determinants of Adult Mortality 2.2.6 Aftermaths of Adult Mortality at Prime Age 2.2.7 Adult Mortality in India 2.3 Data Challenges of Studying Adult Mortality in India 2.4 Novelty of the Present Study References 3 Regional Patterns of Adult Mortality by Sex and Place of Residence in India Abstract 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Data 3.3 Estimation of Adult Mortality 3.3.1 Construction of Life Table 3.4 Results 3.4.1 Distribution of Deaths 3.4.2 Levels, Trends, and Changes in the Age-Specific Death Rates in India and States 3.4.3 Levels, Trends, and Changes in the Life Expectancy at Age 15 3.4.4 Level and Trend of the Probability of Death in 15–59 Age Adult Mortality (45q15) 3.4.5 Adult Mortality for the Broader Ages Group in Adult Age 3.4.5.1 Mortality Among Youth (15–24) 3.4.5.2 Mortality Among Young Adults (25–44) 3.4.5.3 Mortality Among Older Adults (45–59) 3.4.6 State-Specific Level and Trend of Life Expectancy at Age 15 3.5 Summary References 4 Changing Adult Mortality in India: Converging or Diverging Abstract 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Methods 4.2.1 Absolute and Relative Inequality 4.2.1.1 Dispersion Measure of Mortality (DMM) 4.2.1.2 Gini Coefficient (GI) 4.2.2 Convergence Measures 4.2.2.1 Absolute β-convergence Measure 4.2.2.2 Conditional β-convergence 4.2.2.3 σ-Convergence Measure 4.3 Results 4.3.1 Absolute and Relative Inequality 4.3.2 Testing the Convergence 4.3.2.1 Absolute β-convergence 4.3.2.2 Conditional β-convergence 4.3.2.3 σ-Convergence 4.4 Summary and Discussion References 5 Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adult Mortality in India, 1998–1999, 2015–2016, and 2019–2021 Abstract 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Data and Methods 5.2.1 Data 5.2.2 Methods 5.2.2.1 Age-Specific Death Rates (ASDR) 5.2.2.2 Age-Specific Death Rates by Sex: A Comparison Between the NFHS and SRS 5.3 Results 5.3.1 Analysis of Life Expectancy by Sex and Socioeconomic Characteristics 5.3.2 Probability of Death in the 15 to 59 years (45q15) by Socioeconomic Characteristics 5.3.3 Changes in the Life Expectancy and Probability of Adult Deaths by Socioeconomic Characteristics During 1998–99 to 2015–16 5.3.4 Life Expectancy at Birth, Age 15, and Probability of Adult Deaths in the Most Deprived Groups 5.3.5 Changes in the Age Pattern of Death Rate (5qx) for Both Sexes During 1998–99 and 2015–16 5.3.6 Age Pattern of Death Rate for Male–Female by Socioeconomic Status in 2015–16 5.4 Summary and Discussion References 6 Causes of Death in India: A Detailed Analysis of External Causes of Deaths Abstract 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Causes of Death in India 6.1.2 External Causes of Death in India 6.2 Data and Methods 6.2.1 Data 6.2.2 Measures 6.3 Results 6.4 Discussion References 7 The Impact of Adult Death on Household Consumption, Expenditure, and Income in India: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey Abstract 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Data 7.3 Methods 7.3.1 Propensity Score Matching (PSM) Analysis 7.3.2 Variables Used for the Propensity Score Matching 7.3.3 Matching Correction Methods 7.4 Results 7.4.1 Descriptive Findings 7.4.2 Effect of Economic Conditions on Household Adult Death 7.4.3 Consequences of Adult Death for Household Income and Expenditure 7.5 Discussion References 8 Summary and Conclusion 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Summary and Conclusion References Appendix_1 Appendix_2 Appendix_3