Resolution 5
Regarding Age-Grouping to be used in the Tabulation of Health Statistics
WHEREAS general mortality and mortality from individual diseases vary considerably with age ;
WHEREAS general mortality and mortality from individual diseases vary according to the specific characters of the area (urban, rural, etc.) ;
WHEREAS international study of such mortality statistics by regional areas requires reasonable uniformity as to the characteristics and size of the geographical subdivisions ;
WHEREAS an international study of mortality requires uniform, or at least comparable, age- grouping of the statistics ; and
WHEREAS age-grouping must be adapted to the size of the populations in the administrative areas covered by the statistics, to ensure signi- ficance of the figures relating to each group,
T H E C O N F E R E N C E RECOMMENDS t h e u s e o f t h e following sex- and age-grouping in the tabulation of mortality statistics
I. In conjunction with the Intermediate List of 150 causes ;
(a) for each country as a whole ;
by sex and the following age-groups : under one year
by single years from one to 4 years (1. 2, 3, 4 years)
five-year groups from 5 to 84 years 85 years and over
(b) for each town of 1,000,000 population and over (otherwise the largest town with a population of at least 100,000) : national aggregate of urban areas of 100,000 population and over (with official definition of urban area) national aggre- gate of urban areas of less than 100,000 population (with official definition of urban area) national aggregate of rural areas (with official definition of rural area)
by sex and the following age-groups : under one year
1 - 4 years 5-14 years 15-24 years 25-44 years 45-64 years 65-74 years 75 years and over
In conjunction with the Abbreviated List of 50 causes for administrative subdivisions (without obligation to publish) :
by sex and the following age-groups : under one year
I- 4 years 5-14 years 15-24 years 25-44 years 45-64 years 65-74 years 75 years and over
In conjunction with any list of causes, for special tables on infant mortality, b y the following age-groups :
single days for the first week of life (under one day, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 days)
7-13 days 14-20 days 21-27 days
28 days to 2 months
single month of life from 2 months to one year (2, 3, 4 . . . 11 months).
