Demographic and Health Surveys Methodology - Measure DHS

ADULT AND MATERNAL MORTALITYStatistics: Age-specific Adult Mortality Rates; Age 15-49 Years Mortality RateDefinitionD. Coverage: Women and men age 15-49 years.E. Numerators:1. Number of female siblings of respondents who died in the period 0-6, 7-13, and 0-13 yearsprior to the interview by five-year age group at time of death.2. Number of male siblings of respondents who died in the period 0-6, 7-13, and 0-13 yearsprior to the interview by five-year age group at time of death.F. Denominator:1. Number of years of exposure of female siblings of respondents during the period 0-6, 7-13,and 0-13 years prior to the survey by five-year age group.2. Number of years of exposure of female siblings of respondents during the period 0-6, 7-13,and 0-13 years prior to the survey by five-year age group.C. Numerator: Deaths are tabulated according to period of death and the age of sibling at the timeof the death.3. Period of death: The period of death is calculated as the difference in months between thedate of interview and the date of death of the sibling, both in century-month code format(CMC). Deaths of siblings are included in the tabulation if they occurred within the periodtabulated.4. Age of sibling at the time of the death: The difference in months between the date of deathof the sibling and the date of birth of the sibling both in CMC. The difference is then dividedby 60 and truncated to whole numbers to form the age groups. Deaths are tabulated by agegroup.D. Denominator: Person-years of exposure are calculated as the sum of the number of monthsexposed in the five-year age group during the time period divided by 12. A sibling can contributeexposure to two or three five-year age groups during an 84-month period and three or four agegroups during the 168 month period.E. Calculations:a. Numerator (deaths):For each dead sibling, age at death is determined directly from the response byclassification into 5 year age groups. Period of death is determined by using the sibling’sdate of death. Deaths age ages less than 15 years or more than 49 years are not tabulatedas are deaths occurring earlier or later than the period.Guide to DHS Statistics 153 Updated September 2006