Unconventional approaches to mortality estimation

Kenneth Hill, Yoonjoung Choi, Ian M. Timæus

2005-11-17articleDemographic Research60 citationsdiamond

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Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Global Maternal and Child Health Census and Population Estimation

Abstract

Most developing countries do not have complete registration of deaths on which to base mortality estimates. Four broad categories of unconventional methods have been developed to provide mortality estimates in such settings. The first consists o

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