What can we conclude from death registration? Improved methods for evaluating completeness.

<h4>Background</h4>One of the fundamental building blocks for determining the burden of disease in populations is to reliably measure the level and pattern of mortality by age and sex. Where well-functioning registration systems exist, this task is relatively straightforward. Results fro...

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Main Authors: Christopher J L Murray, Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, Jacob Marcus, Thomas Laakso, Alan D Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20405002/pdf/?tool=EBI