The INDEPTH standard population for low- and middle-income countries, 2013

• Main Authors: Osman Sankoh (Author), David Sharrow (Author), Kobus Herbst (Author), Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula (Author), Nurul Alam (Author), Shashi Kant (Author), Henrik Ravn (Author), Abbas Bhuiya (Author), Le Thi Vui (Author), Timotheus Darikwa (Author), Margaret Gyapong (Author), Momodou Jasseh (Author), Nguyen Chuc Thi Kim (Author), Salim Abdullah (Author), Amelia Crampin (Author), John Ojal (Author), Seth Owusu-Agyei (Author), Frank Odhiambo (Author), Mark Urassa (Author), Kim Streatfield (Author), Masaaki Shimada (Author), Charfudin Sacoor (Author), Donatien Beguy (Author), Karim Derra (Author), George Wak (Author), Valerie Delaunay (Author), Ali Sie (Author), Abdramane Soura (Author), Diadier Diallo (Author), Siswanto Wilopo (Author), Honorati Masanja (Author), Bassirou Bonfoh (Author), Suparat Phuanukoonnon (Author), Samuel J. Clark (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Crude rates such as the crude death rate are functions of both the age-specific rates and the age composition of a population. However, differences in the age structure between two populations or two time periods can result in specious differences in the corresponding crude rates making direct compa...