The problem of fuzzy cause-specific death rates in mortality context analysis: the case of Panama City.
In studies of mortality, small and fluctuating numbers of deaths are problems which are caused by infrequent reporting and small spatial unit reporting. To use Panama City as an example, the paper will introduce a Monte Carlo simulation which allows for the analysis of mortality even with small absolute numbers. In addition, Panama City will be used as an example where good medical care is available in every city district, so that social class differences between the districts have a negligible effect on most cause-specific death rates and infant mortality.
Department of Geography, University of Kiel, Germany.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009026:Mortality; D010176:Panama / Q000453:epidemiology; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population