On the Construction and Graduation of a Mortality Table From the United States Census: Thesis (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Introduction Before presenting the construction and graduation of the Mortality Table derived in the present paper, let me call especial attention to two main facts (a) as far as I can find, this is the first mortality table constructed from the statistics of the United States Census; (b) the figures of this table are intended to represent, as nearly as possible, present day conditions in mortality rates. Bearing on these two facts, the following brief discussion is given of (a) and (b) (a) Several mortality tables have been constructed from incomplete data, such as death returns, physicians' reports.

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