Significance of life table estimates for small populations: Simulation-based study of estimation errors

Examining mortality differential between a long-living community in Sardinia and the Italian population: a longitudinal analysis

“…On the one hand, this result points out differences in mortality variations during the life course in the examined populations, but -on the other hand -it calls into question the appropriateness of a comparison of populations so different in size, as well as the quality of the data (Coale & Kisker, 1986;Scherbov & Ediev, 2011). With respect to the first factor, the available period data on general mortality level shows that the mortality experiences of the examined populations have similar profiles (Salaris, 2014).…”

Estimating age- and sex-specific mortality rates for small areas with TOPALS regression: an application to Brazil in 2010

“…13 For all methods, in very small samples the reported errors are almost entirely caused by underestimates of mortality rates and overestimates of e 0 . Scherbov and Ediev (2011) show that this bias is a mathematical feature of small-sample estimates. increase (Table 1).…”

A Review of Life Table Construction

“…Construction of general life tables is based on census and death statistics figures of local populations under the hypothesis of a closed demographic system [8]. It's also a statistical table based on age-specific death rates in a specific population.…”