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Theme
Organizations
Description of project
Years
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
Main investigator(s)
Project coordination
Project numbers
Publications
Theme
Indian – Registry
Organization(s)
Health and Welfare Canada
Description of project
The purposes of this study were: a) to develop the appropriate methodology for linkage of the Indian register to mortality data; b) to determine the cost of a full study; and c) to estimate the level of accuracy for ascertainment of deaths. A pilot study was first completed to test the procedures using data for 1981.
Years
Death years: 1981 – 1983
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
1,932 (both sexes) 1,178 men; 754 women
Main investigator(s)
Dr. D. Wigle and Yang Mao, Health and Welfare Canada
Project coordination
Elizabeth Coppock and Martha Fair, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Project number(s)
1987-021
Publications
Mao Y, Moloughney BW, Semenciw RM, Morrison HI. Indian reserve and registered Indian mortality in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health 1992; 83 (5): 350-353.
