Session 171:
Advances in Methods for Measuring Mortality
Chair: Neil G. Bennett, CUNY Institute for Demographic Research
Discussant: Ian M. Timaeus, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Reducing Ignorance about Adult Mortality: Improving Methods for Evaluating the Completeness of Death Registration • Christopher J.L. Murray, University of Washington ; Tom Laakso, University of Washington ; Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, University of Washington ; Alan D. Lopez, University of Queensland
Measuring Adult Mortality Using Sibling Survival: New Analytical Methods and Results for 38 Countries, 1970-2005 • Ziad Obermeyer, University of Washington ; Chang Park, University of Washington ; Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, University of Washington ; Emmanuela Gakidou, University of Washington ; Alan D. Lopez, University of Queensland
INDEPTH Model Life Tables 2.0 • Samuel J. Clark, University of Washington ; Momodou Jasseh, INDEPTH Network ; Ayaga A. Bawah, INDEPTH Network ; Osman Sankoh, INDEPTH Network
A Flexible Two-Dimensional Mortality Model for Use in Indirect Estimation • John R. Wilmoth, University of California, Berkeley ; Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Johns Hopkins University ; Sarah Zureick, University of California, Berkeley ; Cheryl C. Sawyer, United Nations
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