Table 4.

Taiwan: average annual death rates, per 100,000, for males, 1989–91 by age, nativity, and education, and relative mortality differences

	Mainlanders				Taiwanese
Age	LT Prim	Prim Grad	MT Prim	Total	LT Prim	Prim Grad	MT Prim	Total	Grand Total
60–64	1,953	1,551	1,231	1,433	2,036	1,935	1,312	1,836	1,672
65–69	2,844	2,254	1,942	2,224	3,102	3,073	2,184	2,939	2,622
70–74	4,545	3,778	3,029	3,620	4,563	5,100	3,463	4,635	4,244
75–79	6,663	5,552	4,710	5,589	6,926	7,888	5,843	7,131	6,630
80–84	12,272	9,246	9,636	10,635	14,490	16,185	12,004	14,723	13,739
85+	16,679	11,941	14,900	15,150	23,118	20,746	18,227	22,389	20,821
Standardized total	3,705	2,964	2,585	2,977	4,005	4,176	3,006	3,913	3,584

	Relative Differentials
	Ratios of Mainlander to Taiwanese Death Rates				Ratios of Educational Categories to Total Death Rates by Nativity
					Mainlander			Taiwanese
Age	LT Prim	Prim Grad	MT Prim	Total	LT Prim	Prim Grad	MT Prim	LT Prim	Prim Grad	MT Prim
60–64	0.959	0.802	0.938	0.780	1.36	1.08	0.86	1.11	1.05	0.71
65–69	0.917	0.733	0.889	0.756	1.28	1.01	0.87	1.06	1.05	0.74
70–74	0.996	0.741	0.875	0.853	1.26	1.04	0.84	0.98	1.10	0.75
75–79	0.962	0.704	0.806	0.843	1.19	0.99	0.84	0.97	1.11	0.82
80–84	0.847	0.571	0.803	0.722	1.15	0.87	0.91	0.98	1.10	0.82
85+	0.721	0.576	0.817	0.677	1.10	0.79	0.98	1.03	0.93	0.81
Standardized total	0.925	0.710	0.860	0.760	1.24	1.00	0.87	1.02	1.07	0.77

Source: Calculated from special mortality file and 1990 Census.

Note: For definitions of educational categories, see Table 2.