TY - JOUR T1 - Mortality Transition in South Asian Countries AU - , JO - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 335 EP - 341 PY - 2005 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1683-8831 DO - pjssci.2005.335.341 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2005.335.341 KW - AB - In this paper an attempt is made to explore the current and future mortality trends in South Asian countries, 1980-2040s, using data from the different published surveys. Mortality transitions started in South Asian countries due to the demographic change. Using stepwise regression technique it is found that the factors crude birth rate, crude death rate and Total fertility rate have negative effect and median age has positive effect on expectation of life at birth. ER -