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Age Standardization of Death Rates: Implementation of the Year 2000 Standard

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    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
  • Description:
    This report examines the rationale for and implications of implementing a new population standard for the age standardization (age adjustment) of death rates. The new standard is based on the year 2000 population and, beginning with data from 1999, replaces the previously used standard based on the 1940 population. The report also provides a technical discussion of direct and indirect standardization methods, as well as statistical variability in age-adjusted death rates.

    Currently, at least three different age-standardization methods are used across agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services. Adoption of the year 2000 standard is expected to reduce confusion among data users and lessen the reporting burden on state and local agencies. However, the new standard will produce age-adjusted death rates that are substantially higher than those calculated using the 1940 standard. It will also influence trends for certain causes of death and reduce observed racial differentials in age-adjusted mortality rates. Although age standardization is a valuable analytical tool, it has important limitations. Therefore, the analysis of age-adjusted death rates should serve as a starting point rather than the sole component of a comprehensive analytical strategy.

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  • Series:
    National Vital Statistics Reports
  • Document Type:
    Report
  • Genre:
    Statistics
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • CIO:
    National Center for Health Statistics
  • Topic:
    Health Statistics
  • Pages in Document:
    17 Pages
  • Volume:
    47
  • Issue:
    3
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    urn:sha-512:6479f2968e99512b3fa23f7791b5587c2063804f07729e00b997f285237459e21a07d47872054874b00bae102073df1e95c0df980869545c427d458c64828140
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