Results and observations from the reconstruction of continuous time series of mortality by cause of death

Markéta Pechholdová
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Markéta Pechholdová: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze (VŠE)

Demographic Research, 2009, vol. 21, issue 18, 535-568

Abstract: Though many countries have been collecting cause-of-death information from death certificates for more than a century, these valuable data sources remain underexplored. This is certainly due in part to the frequent revisions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which have caused breaks in data continuity. This paper describes the methodological background and the results of the transition between the eighth and the ninth revision of ICD for the territory of former West Germany. Using practical examples, we examine the difficulties encountered and discuss the solutions applied.

Keywords: mortality; cause of death; West Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.18

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