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Counting the Dead and What They Died From: An Assessment of the Global Status of Cause of Death Data

Vital statistics system
Vital statistics
Mortality

This article assesses the current status of global data on death registration and examines several indicators of data completeness and quality.

Author
Mathers, C. D., Fat, D. M., Inoue, M., Rao, C. & Lopez, A.D.
Source
World Health Organization
Source Abbrv.
WHO
Resource Type
Bulletin
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