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Mortality Measurement Matters: Improving Data Collection and Estimation Methods for Child and Adult Mortality

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  • Colin Mathers
  • Ties Boerma

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Colin Mathers and Ties Boerma discuss three research articles in PLoS Medicine that address the measurement and analysis of child and adult mortality data collected through death registration, censuses, and household surveys.

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  • Colin Mathers & Ties Boerma, 2010. "Mortality Measurement Matters: Improving Data Collection and Estimation Methods for Child and Adult Mortality," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(4), pages 1-3, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1000265
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000265
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    1. Christopher J L Murray & Julie Knoll Rajaratnam & Jacob Marcus & Thomas Laakso & Alan D Lopez, 2010. "What Can We Conclude from Death Registration? Improved Methods for Evaluating Completeness," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(4), pages 1-17, April.
    2. Ziad Obermeyer & Julie Knoll Rajaratnam & Chang H Park & Emmanuela Gakidou & Margaret C Hogan & Alan D Lopez & Christopher J L Murray, 2010. "Measuring Adult Mortality Using Sibling Survival: A New Analytical Method and New Results for 44 Countries, 1974–2006," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(4), pages 1-17, April.
    3. Emmanuela Gakidou & Gary King, 2006. "Death by survey: Estimating adult mortality without selection bias from sibling survival data," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 43(3), pages 569-585, August.
    4. Julie Knoll Rajaratnam & Linda N Tran & Alan D Lopez & Christopher J L Murray, 2010. "Measuring Under-Five Mortality: Validation of New Low-Cost Methods," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(4), pages 1-24, April.
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