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  • Title: Population, fertility, mortality [in the ESCAP region].
    Journal: Data Asia; ; 30():7209. PubMed ID: 12278492.
    Abstract:
    In 1979 the total population of the region covered by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), which includes 30 member and 8 associate member countries, reached 2400 million in 1979, against 2000 million in 1970. East Asia was the largest sub-region with a population of 1100 million. Birthrate declines in the region between 1970 and 1979 were partially offset by declines in death rates. The crude birthrate for the entire region dropped 5 points and the crude death rate declined 2 points, resulting in a 0.3% decline in the annual growth rate from 2.1% in 1970 to 1.8% in 1979. Fertility in the region as a whole declined substantially during the period. The crude birthrate declined from 34.4 in 1970 to 29.4 in 1979, down 14.5%. Percentage declines of the total fertility rate between the 1970-1975 period and 1979 were about equal to those of the crude birthrate in the ESCAP region, that is 15% from 4.8 to 4.1. The mean age of 1st marriage in Asia-Pacific was generally ver low, but it is rising slowly. Within Asia, the crude death rate was the lowest in East Asia -- 8.3/1000 population. Generally, the alrger percentage declines in the crude death rate between 1970 and 1979 occurred where the crude death rate was higher, with the exception of the middle South Asia region where the crude death rate declined by 18% to 14.1%. The infant mortality rate for the ESCAP region in 1979 was estimated to be 78/1000 live births in a year.
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