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Table 1 Methods used to construct the CONCORD-2 life tables, by type of data obtained

From: Life tables for global surveillance of cancer survival (the CONCORD programme): data sources and methods

Data category

Method

No. of registries

Death and population counts

 

172

 i) By single year of age

Multivariable flexible model

72

 ii) By age group

Multivariable flexible model

100

Mortality rates

 

83

 iii) By single year of age

 

73

   Smoothed

Calendar year interpolation if necessary

56

   Unsmoothed

Ewbank relational model with four parameters

17

 iv) By age group

Ewbank relational model with three parameters

10

No reliable life table data available from registry

 

24

 Abridged life table available from the UN Population Division (UNPD)

Abridged UNPD life tables interpolated using Elandt-Johnson method

23

 Abridged life table not available from UNPD (Gibraltar only)

Smoothed England life table used

1

  

Total: 279