Improving the measurement of adult mortality

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Demographic Research, Catholic University of Louvain, Place Montesquieu 1, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348 Belgium.
² School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Population and Development Branch, United Nations Population Fund, New York, United States of America (USA).
⁴ Vital Strategies, New York, USA.
⁵ Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁶ Statistics Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, USA.
⁷ Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Ashira Menashe-Oren et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 1;103(7):462-464.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.293074. Epub 2025 Jun 10.

¹ Centre for Demographic Research, Catholic University of Louvain, Place Montesquieu 1, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348 Belgium.
² School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Population and Development Branch, United Nations Population Fund, New York, United States of America (USA).
⁴ Vital Strategies, New York, USA.
⁵ Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁶ Statistics Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, USA.
⁷ Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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