COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ESTIMATED ABRIDGED LIFE TABLES IN MYANMAR

Mortality is one of the basic population parameters and also important in any given population for socio-economic planning. The mortality decline was mainly due to the improvements in medical services and Government’s health plans. Life expectancy is a major key factor of current mortality condition and current health situation. In this study, an effort has been made to estimate comparative analysis of abridged life table in Myanmar for 2016. This study is mainly based on the data from Vital Statistics collected by Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Myanmar. The comparative analysis of abridged life tables for the whole country can be measured by three indirect methods such as Reed-Merrell method, Greville’s method and Keyfitz-Frauenthal method in this study. Moreover, life expectancies in some Asian Countries and Myanmar are compared with three indirect methods. In these three methods, the Greville’s method is the most suitable for construction of abridged life tables in Myanmar because the estimation of this method are approximately close to the United Nations estimates than the other two methods. Among the neighbouring countries, China has the highest LEB (75 years for males and 79 years for females) and Myanmar has the lowest LEB (64 years for males and 70 years for females). Because it might be due to the fact that China is the most socially and economically more developed than Myanmar. Thus, socio-economic development could have a great impact on mortality decline. Hence, the mortality estimates reflect the state of country health, socio-economic status