Estimation of the number of people in a register from the number of birthdates.
The actual number of people in a register may not be known when unique identifiers are not available (perhaps for reasons of confidentiality) and when multiple entries can occur. A method for estimating the number of registered people is presented when dates of birth (day, month and year) are available.
Larsen
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Biostatistical Department, State Serum Institute, Copenhagen S, Denmark.
D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011336:Probability; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*