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Published trends in mortality statistics

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This section briefly highlights a number of publications which have presented trends in mortality statistics either for specific countries or for a range of countries. Before starting this work, the literature was reviewed to see whether consolidated data had already been presented.

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Alderson, M. (1981). Published trends in mortality statistics. In: International Mortality Statistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03855-8_4

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