IPCpoputils tutorial

1. fertility definitions:

• Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime assuming the prevailing fertility rates at each stage of her reproductive life (ages 15 - 49) remained the same.
• Adolescent Fertility Rate is the total number of births per adolescent woman ages 15 - 19.

1. mortality definitions:

• Life Expectancy at Birth is an estimate of the average number of additional years a person could expect to live if the age-specific death rates for a given year prevailed for the rest of a person's life. In other words, it is a term that estimates the average time, in years, that a person can expect to live.
• Infant Mortality Rate is the probability of a child dying before reaching the age of one.
• Under 5 Mortality Rate is the probability of a child dying before reaching the age of five.