Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

6.1.2 Adult Mortality from Household DeathsAs part of the household interview, household respondents were asked about any usual residentsof the household who have died in the five-year calendar period prior to the survey. Using the householdlisting of usual residents at the time of the survey, both numerators and denominators for mortality ratescan be determined and the rates by sex and age can be calculated. Table 6.3 shows the age-specificmortality rates by sex for persons 15 years and over, their numerators and denominators, and theprobabilities of dying between ages 15-49 years ( 35 q 15 ) and 15-59 years of age ( 45 q 15 ). The age-specificmortality rates are computed by dividing the number of deaths of former household members in the fiveyears prior to the survey, in each age group, by the total person-months of exposure in that age groupfrom the household member roster (the calculation of exposure assumes that on average a person lived 6months into his/her declared age). The probability of dying for women and men in the reproductive agegroup from household death data is 86 per 1,000 and 90 per 1,000, respectively. The probability of dyingamong those age 15-59 is 151 per 1,000 for women and 161 per 1,000 for men. There is little differencein the probability of dying among both age groups of women if the South zone is excluded but theprobability of dying during the reproductive age among men is noticeably lower when the South zone isexcluded. For age groups 50-54 and 55-59, adult mortality estimates from reported household deaths aremore reliable than estimates from the sibling history (i.e., no age-specific estimate has a relative error of20 percent or higher). However, the average time period reported may be over- or under-estimated and soaffect all the age-specific rates. Moreover, households that no longer exist due to mortality are alsoomitted as are the deaths in those households.Table 6.3 Age-specific mortality rates (household deaths)Age-specific mortality rates by sex for the five years preceding the survey, Afghanistan 2010DeathsFemaleExposureMaleMortality rates(per 1,000) Deaths ExposureMortality rates(per 1,000)Age group15-19 58 51,976 1.1 87 46,798 1.920-24 54 33,457 1.6 87 32,649 2.725-29 39 25,506 1.5 51 24,996 2.130-34 40 19,998 2.0 36 18,644 2.035-39 48 19,179 2.5 40 18,745 2.140-44 57 13,330 4.3 39 13,511 2.945-49 57 11,228 5.0 69 13,025 5.350-54 78 12,761 6.1 69 9,533 7.355-59 76 8,830 8.6 93 10,342 9.060-64 129 4,120 31.2 158 6,084 26.065-69 101 3,520 28.8 137 6,056 22.670-74 119 1,338 89.1 172 2,712 63.575-79 51 1,155 43.9 103 2,257 45.580+ 126 759 166.5 196 1,382 142.1Total 1,032 207,156 1,338 206,734Crude death rate forall ages 5.1 6.6Probability of dyingAfghanistan15-49 ( 35 q 15 ) 86 9015-59 ( 45 q 15 ) 151 161Afghanistan (excludingthe South zone)15-49 ( 35 q 15 ) 87 8315-59 ( 45 q 15 ) 154 159Adult Mortality | 109