Cause-specific mortality time series analysis: a general method to detect and correct for abrupt data production changes

• Main Authors: Westerling Ragnar (Author), Plug Iris (Author), Hoffman Rasmus (Author), Pavillon Gérard (Author), Aouba Albertine (Author), Rey Grégoire (Author), Jougla Eric (Author), Mackenbach Johan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Monitoring the time course of mortality by cause is a key public health issue. However, several mortality data production changes may affect cause-specific time trends, thus altering the interpretation. This paper proposes a statisti...