Abstract

After analysing both methods of Life Table Construction, we decided to use METHOD II that only make adjustment of mortality data aged 5 years and above. The 2000 Susenas data provided information on number of population and number of deaths which can be classified by age groups. Age specific death rates are calculated from the data after correction of the revealed under reporting of deaths and adjustment of the survey population to estimate the mid year population. Correction for the under reporting of deaths aged 5 years and over, using adjustment factor obtained by applying Brass Growth Balance Method of Manual X. The completeness of mortality data in the 2000 Susenas is generally too low. The completeness of mortality data for male is higher than for female. Life expectancy at various ages for female are higher than for male. At birth the difference of life expectancy between male and female is 3.6 years. The constructed Indonesian life table based on the 2000 Susenas still has some limitation. Adjustment of mortality is based on underlying assumption of the method used, including the use of stable population assumption and the assumption of similarity in the completeness of reported deaths by age. Age specific death rates as the bases for life table construction may also be influenced by age misreporting by respondents that is common in many developing countries including Indonesia. Due to the quality of mortality data by age and sex (under reporting) and the non existence of other data sources with better quality than current SUSENAS data; it is decided that the Indonesian Complete Life Table will not be constructed. In the future, if Vital Registration data is available, the Indonesian Complete Life Table could be constructed.