What is the impact of missing Indigenous status on mortality estimates?: an assessment using record linkage in Western Australia

What is the impact of missing Indigenous status on mortality estimates?: an assessment using record linkage in Western Australia

Background: The analysis aimed to assess through the use of record linkage the Indigenous status of an increasing number of deaths not coded with a useable Indigenous status in 1997-2002 and its impact on reported recent gains in Indigenous mortality. Methods: The Indigenous status of WA death recor...

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Main Authors: Draper, G., Somerford, Peter, Pilkington, Albert, Thompson, Sandra
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2009
Subjects:
data linkage
mortality
Indigenous
Aboriginal
life expectancy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6481

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