Life expectancy as a summary of mortality in a population: statistical considerations and suitability for use by health authorities.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the sampling distribution and usefulness of expectation of life in comparisons of mortality at health district level or below. DESIGN: Derivation of a formula for the variance of the expectation of life, confirmation of the result and generation of the sampling distribution...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 38 - 44 |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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BMJ Publishing Group
Jan2001
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |