Refined rates for infant and childhood mortality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4267004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vasilios G Valaoras (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1950 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 253-266 |
| Publication date | 1950-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.1950.10416361 |
| OpenAlex | W4253016858 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It is well known that calculations of infant mortality based upon the births of a particular calendar year are liable to give misleading results, especially when the birth rate is changing rapidly. In this paper the author discusses some methods by which this difficulty may be overcome and illustrates the differences in infant mortality which one finds when using refined rates by means of Scandinavian data
Infant mortality · Mortality rate · Population · Sociology · Birth, Development, and Health · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demography · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Medicine · Pediatrics
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1962 - 1962 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |