Standardized mortality ratio and life expectancy: A comparative study of Chinese mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 852-855

  Lai, Dejian ^a   Guob, Fei ^b   Hardya, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese mortality; Gompertz function; Life expectancy; Regression; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

EID: 0033767687     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.5.852     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. A review of methodological issues of the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) in occupational cohort studies
2. Statistical analysis of the standardized mortality ratio and life expectancy
3. The use of the Gompertz function to relate changes in life expectancy to the standardized mortality ratio