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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>The World Mortality Report 2005<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Arial;color:#333399;font-weight:bold'>The Population Division of the Department
of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Available online as PDF file [441p.] at: <a
href="http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmortality/WMR2005.pdf"><font
color="#333399"><span style='color:#333399'>http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmortality/WMR2005.pdf</span></font></a>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>“….The main objective of this report is to compile and
summarize available information about levels and trends of mortality and life
expectancy for national populations. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>“…..Aside from a comparison of mortality data from
different sources, the report permits an assessment of gaps in information.
This exercise can provide crucial insights, especially given the ongoing
efforts to combat child mortality and HIV/AIDS necessary to reach the United
Nations Millenium Development Goals and the need for data to validate progress
made in these areas. The <i><span style='font-style:italic'>World Mortality
Report 2005 </span></i>provides a broad overview of mortality changes in all countries
of the world during the latter half of the 20th century….”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Content:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Preface <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#333399;font-style:italic'>Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>I. SCOPE, METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>A. Overview of mortality estimates<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>B. Methods of mortality estimation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>C. Sources of mortality data <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>D. Summary of comparative tables<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>E. Layout of country profiles <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>References <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>II. DATA SOURCES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Table 1. Sources of data on life expectancy and survival
probabilities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Table 2. Sources of data on infant and child mortality<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>III. COMPARATIVE TABLES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Table 3. Life expectancy at birth, by country<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Table 4. Survival probability from age 15 to age 60, by country<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Table 5. Infant mortality rate by sex, by country <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>Table 6. Under-five mortality rate by sex, by country <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333399'>IV. COUNTRY PROFILES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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