Thursday, March 31 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Room 407

Session 31:
Methodological Issues in Mortality Research

Chair: Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
Discussant: Robert N. Anderson, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

  1. Age-Specific Contributions to Changes in the Period and Cohort Life Expectancy • Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Pennsylvania State University ; Robert Schoen, Pennsylvania State University

  2. Estimating Adult Mortality through Surveys: An Unbiased Method Using Data on Survival of Relatives • Emmanuela E. Gakidou, Harvard University ; Gary King, Harvard University

  3. Alternative Time-Series Approaches to Mortality Projection • Ward Kingkade, U.S. Census Bureau

  4. A Methodology for Studying Child Mortality Differentials in Populations with Limited Death Registration • Claire M. Noel-Miller, University of Pennsylvania ; Douglas Ewbank, University of Pennsylvania

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