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Population Journal. 2016, (03) Core

The Evaluation of the Mortality and Life Expectancy of Chinese PopulationChinese Full Text

ZHANG Wenjuan;WEI Meng;School of Sociology and Population Studies,Renmin University of China;

Abstract: Based on population census data in 2010,and using China’s population life table of 1981 asmodel life table,this study modified the age specific mortality of Chinese population and estimates the lifeexpectancy of China in 2010. This paper also analyzes the changing trend of population mortality and thegender pattern since 1980 s. Results show that the mortality of Chinese population dropped to 5.58‰ in2010,and life expectancy reached 75 years. In 2010,the life expectancy of males exceeded 73 years,andfemales’ reached 78 years. In the last 10 years,China’s population life expectancy rose by more than 4years,higher than every ten years in 1980-2000. However,there is severe underreporting on mortality of in-fants and young children and the elderly in the census data of 2010. The restrictions of existing economic in-terests and social institutional factors bring great challenge to the quality improvement of population censusdata. Although the mortality of female infant is lower than 2000,but is still high,social discriminationagainst women still threats the security of Chinese population.
Keywords：

Chinese Population; Mortality Level; Life Expectancy; Gender Pattern;

  • DOI：

    10.16405/j.cnki.1004-129X.2016.03.002

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  • Classification Code：

    C924.24

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