An iterative method of estimating excess death rates and mortality ratios.
OBJECTIVE
To present a method of comparative mortality analysis of published data that can be applied when age- and sex-specific mortality rates for the study population are not available.


METHODS
The quantitative method is described and illustrated using data from the SHEP study. A comparison is made with the results of Singer.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 3B7, Canada. stephen.newman@ualberta.ca
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D010919:Placebos; D020379:Risk Adjustment / Q000379:methods*
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D010919:Placebos