Time to update the Japanese standard population for comparing mortality rates
Abstract For the last three decades, Japan has been using the population of 1985 for age standardisation to compare mortality rates over time. With the population of Japan declining and ageing rapidly every year, there is a need to update the standard population to make the comparison representative...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Archives of Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-00908-0 |