1Professor, Department of Statistics, Gauhati University, Assam
2Assistant Professor, Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, Nagaland
3Associate Professor, Darrang College, Tezpur, Assam
*Corresponding author: Prasanta Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, Nagaland, (India), E-mail: bprasanta@gmail.com
Online published on 13 February, 2013.
In this paper, it is an attempt to estimate the life expectancy at birth for the smaller north eastern states of India for 2001–05.
Regression technique is used to estimate the life expectancy at birth, which requires only two data elements: the crude death rate and the proportion of the population aged 65 years and above. The regression model underlying the life expectancy estimates is constructed by using state level data for 16 bigger states of India.
The result indicates that the life expectancy at birth for males (females) varies from 57.03(58.09) for Meghalaya to the maximum of 68.92(71.12) for Manipur.
Majority of the smaller north eastern states of India have recorded a higher life expectancy at birth compared to the national average. Interestingly state situated far away from the mainstream of the country shows better life expectancies.
Life Expectancy at Birth, Regression
