OVERALL MORTALITY INDEX (OMI): A NEW MEASURE OF MORTALITY BASED ON THE AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATES

A single summery index of mortality can never replace the set of age-specific death rates, it has been found to be extremely useful for a wide variety of purposes. The choice of index depends upon the purposes for which it is to be used, and is important as different indexes can produce very different results. This study examines the variation in mortality and mortality trends in India and its major states from the 1970-75 to 2002-2006 using data from the Sample Registration System (SRS). Several indicators were developed to study mortality .The most basic indicators are: CDR, IMR, ASDR, and LEB and several other indicators were also existed. Arithmetic mean of the Age Specific Death Rates and Geometric Mean of the Age Specific Death Rates (or the Del Index) are examples. Input data used in deriving the DI and OMI Age Specific Death Rates (ASDRs) of the 16 age groups: 0-1, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, -----65-69, and 70+ “Age Structure of Mortality in India and Its Bigger States“ Del Index refers to the geometric mean of the age-specific death rates as a summery index of mortality, which was postulated by the versatile Demographer Robert Schoen in the year of 1970.