A new method to attribute differences in total deaths between groups to population size, age structure and age-specific mortality rate.

A new method to attribute differences in total deaths between groups to population size, age structure and age-specific mortality rate.

<h4>Background</h4>Two decomposition methods have been widely used to attribute death differences between two populations to population size, age structure of the population, and age-specific mortality rate (ASMR), but their properties remain uninvestigated.<h4>Methods</h4>We...

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Main Authors: Xunjie Cheng, Liheng Tan, Yuyan Gao, Yang Yang, David C Schwebel, Guoqing Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216613

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