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Estimation of the number of people in a register from the number of birthdates
Author(s) -
Larsen Severin Olesen
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780130208
Subject(s) - register (sociolinguistics) , identifier , computer science , confidentiality , estimation , statistics , computer security , mathematics , computer network , philosophy , linguistics , management , economics
The actual number of people in a register may not be known when unique identifiers are not available (perhaps for reasons of confidentiality) and when multiple entries can occur. A method for estimating the number of registered people is presented when dates of birth (day, month and year) are available.