An investigation into the methods of mortality indexing using the data from China's fourth population census.

In 1990, China conducted its fourth population census. The data will play a major role in China's national plan for economic and social development. The intention is to explore how the census data can be used to determine mortality indices by studying population mortality. The fourth census required reporting of the number of deaths in households from January 1, 1989, to June 30, 1990, in three ti…