ABSTRACT
"The present article attempts to take a deeper look at the most relevant aspects of the problems presented by the data on adult mortality and causes of death in Latin America.... Statistical coverage of registered deaths by age and sex is analysed, finding important differences among the countries and higher coverage in the registration of adult deaths than of younger ones.... Data quality on causes of death...showed some improvement during the period studied.... Reference is made to topics related to the analysis of causes of death [that] generally complicate the work, such as the heterogeneity of coverage and data quality at subnational levels, the compatibility among different revisions of the ICD, the use of ill-defined causes and, finally, access and management of basic information." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
Subject(s)
Adult , Age Factors , Cause of Death , Death Certificates , Information Storage and Retrieval , Mortality , Research Design , Demography , Developing Countries , Electronic Data Processing , Latin America , Population , Population Characteristics , Population Dynamics , Research , Statistics as Topic , Vital StatisticsABSTRACT
PIP: This paper presents some ways to estimate international migration based on information obtained following the recommendations of the IUSSP Working Group on Methodology for the Study of International Migration. The most traditional methods are based on the use of the census information obtained from a question on place of birth. This question also serves to measure emigration using census data on the countries of destination. Other questions on migration are also used; i.e., year of arrival and place of residence 5 years prior to census date. The estimations presented are classified according to 4 different types of migrants. Some results of the international migration of Paraguay are also presented in this paper. Among the most recent methods, the ideas of Jorge Somoza are followed to measure emigration. Such information is gathered from special questions included in a census or survey regarding place of residence of surviving children and their mothers, with an application to the data of the 2nd Honduras National Demographic Survey in 1983. In order to measure immigration, a special solution is applied through the use of vital statistics with regard to maternal birthplace for those women whose children are registered. (author's modified)^ieng
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Censuses , Data Collection , Demography , Emigration and Immigration , Population Characteristics , Population Dynamics , Research Design , Research , Statistics as Topic , Americas , Central America , Honduras , Latin America , North America , Paraguay , Population , South AmericaABSTRACT
"This paper contains an application of the orphanhood method for estimating adult mortality, based on information provided during the period 1888-1910 by the brides and bridegrooms of six parishes of the Central Valley of Costa Rica.... Using the Brass technique for estimating adult mortality from orphanhood and interpolating the resulting probabilities of surviving into... Coale and Demeny's regional model life tables, the life expectancy at the age of 25 years is estimated [at] 41 years for women and 40 years for men." Mortality differences by region and social-occupational group are considered. (summary in ENG)