BOOK REVIEW - Health Statistics from the Americas, 1998 Edition

Estimates of mortality are of great importance as social indicators widely used in the implementation of public policies and also for the calculation of population projection. As social indicators, these estimates have a more informative characteristic as they are desegregated not only by sex and ag...

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Published in:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2001, Vol.96 (6)
Main Author: Iúri da Costa Leite
Format: Review
Language:English
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Summary:Estimates of mortality are of great importance as social indicators widely used in the implementation of public policies and also for the calculation of population projection. As social indicators, these estimates have a more informative characteristic as they are desegregated not only by sex and age but principally by mortality causes.
ISSN:1678-8060