Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health and the
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Jointly Sponsored Seminar
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Dr. Vladimir Canudas-Romo
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins
University
"A New Empirical Model of the
Age Pattern of Mortality: UN vs WHO"
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to Full Text
INDEPTH network. 2002. Population and Health in
Developing Countries. Volume 1. Population,
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Murray, C., A. Lopez, O.B. Ahmad, M.
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“Modified logit life table system: Principles,
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United
Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/mortality/mort2.htm
Mortality Statistics from the United Nations
Makes available tables from the Population and Vital
Statistics Report, UN Demographic Yearbook and Demographic Yearbook Special
Topics.
WHO's
Health statistics and health information systems
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/mortality/en/index.html
WHO's variety of mortality statistics and methods for
collecting such statistics.
Created
October 17, 2007
