title: Comparison of ward population estimates from FHSA patient registers with the 1991 Census.
abstract: "Postcode addresses from National Health Service patient registers for Norfolk and Suffolk [counties in England] current on census day 1991 were assigned to census wards, and estimates of populations in wards were produced for the total population and for twelve age-sex groups.  These were compared with adjusted counts of usual residents from the 1991 Census." The results indicate that family health service authority registers "are an acceptable alternative to the census for population estimation purposes. This supports recent arguments for wider use of population registers and suggests that they may be particularly valuable as a source of intercensal information."
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004739:England; D005060:Europe; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011158:Population Growth; D012042:Registries; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; England; Estimation Technics; Europe; Northern Europe; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Growth Estimation; Population Register; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; Studies; United Kingdom