Table 5.

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

	Mainlander				Taiwanese
Age	LT Prim	Prim Grad	MT Prim	Total	LT Prim	Prim Grad	MT Prim	Total	Grand Total
60–64	1,203	895	522	846	1,171	1,050	614	1,094	1,057
65–69	1,935	1,409	1,061	1,455	2,001	1,737	1,070	1,901	1,834
70–74	2,587	2,266	1,559	2,132	3,393	2,982	1,973	3,296	3,154
75–79	4,106	3,824	2,820	3,645	5,696	5,242	3,473	5,604	5,419
80–84	8,347	6,345	5,980	7,491	12,233	10,192	8,829	12,042	11,722
85+	15,553	8,929	9,995	13,788	20,784	13,897	17,001	20,476	19,923
Standardized total	2,785	2,161	1,691	2,300	3,488	2,949	2,223	3,387	3,275

	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	1.027	0.852	0.850	0.773	1.42	1.06	0.62	1.07	0.96	0.56
65–69	0.967	0.811	0.992	0.765	1.33	0.97	0.73	1.05	0.91	0.56
70–74	0.762	0.760	0.790	0.647	1.21	1.06	0.73	1.03	0.90	0.60
75–79	0.721	0.729	0.812	0.650	1.13	1.05	0.77	1.02	0.94	0.62
80–84	0.682	0.622	0.677	0.622	1.11	0.85	0.80	1.02	0.85	0.73
85+	0.748	0.642	0.588	0.673	1.13	0.65	0.72	1.02	0.68	0.83
Standardized total	0.798	0.732	0.761	0.679	1.21	0.94	0.74	1.18	0.87	0.66

Source: Calculated from special mortality file and 1990 Census.

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