Quality of death counts and adult mortality registration in Suriname and its main regions

Abstract Suriname statistical office assumes that mortality data in the country is of good quality and does not perform any test before producing life table estimates. However, lack of data quality is a concern in the less developed areas of the world. The primary objective of this article is to evaluate the quality of death counts registration in the country and its main regions from 2004 to 2012 and to produce estimates of adult mortality by sex. We use data from population, by age and sex, from the last censuses and death counts from the Statistical office. We use traditional demographic methods to perform the analysis. We find that the quality of the death count registration in Suriname and its central regions is reasonably good. We also find that population data can be considered good. The results reveal a small difference in the completeness for males and females and that for the sub-national population the choice of method has implication on the results. To sum up, data quality in Suriname is better than in most countries in the region, but there are considerable regional differences as observed in other locations.

摘要 苏里南统计局认为本国死亡数据质量优良，在编制生命表估算值前未开展任何质量检验。然而，全球欠发达地区普遍存在数据质量不足的问题。本文的核心目标为评估2004至2012年苏里南本国及其主要区域的死亡数登记质量，并按性别估算成人死亡率水平。本研究采用最新人口普查中按年龄和性别划分的人口数据，以及苏里南统计局提供的死亡数统计资料，运用传统人口学方法开展分析。研究结果表明，苏里南本国及其中部区域的死亡数登记质量整体优良，同时人口数据质量同样达标。结果显示，男性与女性的死亡数据完整度存在小幅差异；且针对次国家级人口群体时，分析方法的选择会对研究结果产生影响。综上，苏里南的数据质量优于该区域多数国家，但仍存在显著的区域差异，这一现象与其他地区的观测结果一致。