Official population statistics and the Human Mortality Database estimates of populations aged 80+ in Germany and nine other European countries

A systematic comparison of the Human Mortality Database and official estimates of populations aged 80+ is presented. We consider statistical series for East and West Germany and also for Denmark, England and Wales, France, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland. The Human...

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Main Authors: Dmitri A. Jdanov, Rembrandt D. Scholz, Vladimir Shkolnikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2005-11-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol13/14/