Age-adjusted death rates: Consequences of the year 2000 standard

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Sorlie, Paul D ^a   Thom, Thomas J ^a   Manolio, Teri ^a   Rosenberg, Harry M ^b   Anderson, Robert N ^b   Burke, Gregory L ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Vital Statistics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DEATH; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT EFFECT; HEALTH TRANSITION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033004408     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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