RESUMEN
"This paper proposes a simple method for evaluating death registration completeness during intercensal periods. It is easier to implement than alternative methods but its main advantage is making explicit the dependence of results on the quality of readily observed demographic variables. Applications are made to data from South Korea and Argentina."
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Certificado de Defunción , Estudios de Evaluación como Asunto , Métodos , Proyectos de Investigación , Estadísticas Vitales , Américas , Argentina , Asia , Países en Desarrollo , Asia Oriental , Corea (Geográfico) , América Latina , Características de la Población , Investigación , América del SurRESUMEN
"This article investigates whether misreporting of ages contributes to the apparently low mortality at older ages in Latin America. It compares the size of cohorts enumerated at two censuses, after allowance for intercensal deaths, in 10 intercensal periods in four countries. It finds evidence of very pervasive overstatement of age at advanced ages. Using an empirical age-reporting matrix for Costa Rica, it estimates the bias that such misstatement produces in measured adult mortality levels in that country."