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Table 3 Age-specific completeness of death registration, equivalent deaths method, conventional method and C-RC, by sex, Thailand C-RC study 2005-06 and Vietnam C-RC study 2009 [18, 20]

From: Generating age-specific mortality statistics from incomplete death registration data: two applications of the empirical completeness method

Country, age

Males

Females

Equivalent deaths

Conventional

C-RC

Equivalent deaths

Conventional

C-RC

Thailand

 0-14 (both sexes)

85.3

84.8

59.8

 

 15-59

98.2

93.1

90.9

98.4

92.6

85.2

 60-74

100.1

95.6

92.5

100.8

95.4

92.3

 75+

84.0

81.3

94.4

87.0

83.4

93.9

 All ages

94.2

90.1

91.0

93.9

89.3

91.6

Vietnam

 15-59

86.2

81.0

80.4

87.4

80.9

80.5

 60-74

69.9

66.2

82.0

75.8

70.5

83.0

 75+

88.2

84.9

81.7

83.3

78.9

81.0

 All ages

79.3

75.5

81.2

79.8

75.1

81.3

  1. Note: Results for 0-14 years not reported in Vietnam C-RC study