Dynamic Life Table for Guwahati City: An Urban Set Up of North Eastern India

The period life table is based on the assumption that the mortality experienced by the population in a given period will remain substantially the same throughout their lives. However, the past records shows continuous decline in mortality, leading to the possibility of a case where the mortality rates does not remained the same. Although, India has experienced continuous decline in mortality rates since more than two decades, Assam is one of the underdeveloped state where mortality rates including infant mortality rate is found to be higher in comparison to other developing states of India. However, during recent years mortality declines have appeared to be more rapid in an urban area of Assam, Guwahati, which is also a premier city of North-Eastern India. This paper attempts to study the pattern of mortality along with life expectancy under dynamic scenario in Guwahati. Further, an attempt has also been made to formulate temporary life expectancy under dynamic consideration and thereby measures the differences between period and dynamic temporary life expectancies.