UN POPULATION DIVISION RELEASES MORTPAK FOR WINDOWS, SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT

UN POPULATION DIVISION RELEASES MORTPAK FOR WINDOWS,

SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT

The United Nations Population Division is pleased to announce the release of MORTPAK for Windows, version 4.0 of its popular software package for demographic measurement.  The package has been widely used throughout research institutions in developing and developed countries since its introduction in 1988. 

MORTPAK includes 17 applications in the areas of:  population projection; life-table and stable-population construction; graduation of mortality data; indirect mortality estimation; indirect fertility estimation; and other indirect procedures for evaluating age distributions and the completeness of censuses.

The package incorporates techniques that take advantage of the United Nations model life tables and generalized stable-population equations.  MORTPAK for Windows is the first version with a Windows user interface.  The package has been constructed with worksheet-style, full screen data entry that takes advantage of the interactive microcomputer environment and reduces dependence on a manual.

MORTPAK for Windows requires a personal computer with Windows 95 operating system or above and Internet Explorer 4.0 or above.  Further description of MORTPAK for Windows can be found on the United Nations Population Division web site, www.unpopulation.org.

The CD-ROM is available for sale for $ 300.  It can be purchased by sending a cheque or international money order in US dollars drawn on a United States bank, payable to the United Nations Population Division.  However, the Population Division, as part of its technical cooperation programme, would be able to provide one copy of the CD-ROM free of charge to interested institutions in developing countries, upon request on the institution's letterhead paper.

Correspondence should be addressed to Mr. Joseph Chamie, Director, Population Division, Room DC2-1950, United Nations, New York, New York 10017, USA; or faxed to +1-212-963-2147.

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