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Table 1 Results of the application of the 10-year inter-survey synthetic cohort PF ratio method to fertility data for rural and urban areas for the intercensal period 2000–2010

From: Rural-urban differentials in pregnancy-related mortality in Zambia: estimates using data collected in a census

 

Rural

 

2000 census

2010 census

Application of cohort PF ratio method

Age Group

Number of Women

Children Ever Born Alive

Children Born in last year

Age-Specific Fertility Rates

Average Parity P

Number of Women

Children Ever Born Alive

Children Born in last Year

Age-Specific Fertility Rates

Average Parity P

Parity Change

Synthetic Cohort Parity

Age-Specific Fertility Rates

Cumulated Fertility to Age x

Parity Equivalent F

Ratio P/F

15–19

328,766

113,801

37,364

0.114

0.35

418,087

121,237

41,899

0.100

0.29

0.290

0.29

0.107

0.00

0.26

1.10

20–24

283,827

456,590

72,720

0.256

1.61

339,832

539,787

84,736

0.249

1.59

1.588

1.59

0.253

0.53

1.29

1.23

25–29

232,022

685,824

56,057

0.242

2.96

277,415

897,227

72,639

0.262

3.23

2.888

3.18

0.252

1.80

2.57

1.24

30–34

171,981

749,596

36,379

0.212

4.36

219,798

970,606

47,489

0.216

4.42

2.807

4.40

0.214

3.06

3.71

1.18

35–39

134,471

778,153

23,385

0.174

5.79

174,947

977,140

31,641

0.181

5.59

2.630

5.81

0.177

4.13

4.69

1.24

40–44

102,396

697,947

9268

0.091

6.82

132,609

790,430

12,286

0.093

5.96

1.602

6.00

0.092

5.01

5.31

1.13

45–49

83,693

570,474

2882

0.034

6.82

104,276

695,798

3441

0.033

6.67

0.886

6.69

0.034

5.47

5.42

1.24

    

(Observed TRF)

    

(Observed TFR)

   

(Intercensal TFR)

   

Total

1,337,156

4,052,385

238,055

5.61

 

1,666,964

4,992,225

294,131

5.67

   

5.64

   

Urban

15–19

210,914

46,597

14,270

0.068

0.22

323,150

54,574

17,100

0.053

0.17

0.169

0.17

0.060

0.00

0.14

1.18

20–24

195,623

224,804

31,597

0.162

1.15

291,998

282,823

43,534

0.149

0.97

0.969

0.97

0.155

0.30

0.77

1.27

25–29

160,364

347,923

24,210

0.151

2.17

245,106

522,434

42,062

0.172

2.13

1.911

2.08

0.161

1.08

1.57

1.32

30–34

108,011

382,196

14,464

0.134

3.54

184,220

582,924

26,577

0.144

3.16

2.015

2.98

0.139

1.88

2.32

1.29

35–39

79,602

397,839

7671

0.096

5.00

138,963

548,664

13,811

0.099

3.95

1.779

3.86

0.098

2.58

2.90

1.33

40–44

58,991

362,437

2414

0.041

6.14

91,831

420,391

3864

0.042

4.58

1.039

4.02

0.041

3.07

3.20

1.26

45–49

42,351

269,331

678

0.016

6.36

66,771

384,966

998

0.015

5.77

0.768

4.63

0.015

3.28

3.25

1.42

    

(Observed TRF)

    

(Observed TFR)

   

(Intercensal TFR)

   

Total

855,856

2,031,127

95,304

3.34

 

1,342,039

2,796,776

147,946

3.37

   

3.35