Occupational mortality indices

Bibliographic Data

ID7980095
AuthorsJ Kilpatrick, S J Kilpatrick (corresponding author)
Year1962
Volume16
Issue2
Pages175-188
Publication date1962-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1962.10414875
OpenAlexW2018396226
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited3

This paper demonstrates the danger of excessive reliance on an occupational mortality index such as the Standardised Mortality Ratio. An Index can be considered as a valid estimate of a group’s relative mortality only if the (age) specific mortality ratios which constitute the index are not significantly different. The homogeneity of these (age) specific mortality ratios should therefore be tested whenever possible The Standardised Mortality Ratio is shown to be equivalent to the maximum likelihood estimator of a common (age) specific mortality ratio. It follows that the standard error of the Standardised Mortality Ratio is smaller than the standard error of any other mortality ratio. The relevance of these considerations to comparisons of social class mortality is discussed and illustrated by the analysis of mortality from four separate causes of death and from all causes of death combined

Confidence interval · Estimator · Index (typography) · Mortality rate · Standard error · Standardized mortality ratio · Statistics · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine

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