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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Polit Econ. 2010 Feb;118(1):113–155. doi: 10.1086/651673

APPENDIX TABLE A3.

Infant Mortality Under-reporting in Colombia: Indirect Brass-Trussell Estimates Vs. Official Figures

Source Year Estimated Infant Mortality Rate Vital Registry Infant Mortality Rate
DHS 1986 1986 40.6 27.9
DHS 1990 1990 37.5 20.0
DHS 1995 1995 33.7 18.0
DHS 2000 2000 30.6 17.1

Notes: Vital registry infant mortality data from the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística; Indirect Brass-Trussell infant mortality rate estimation procedures using the Demographic and Health Survey waves (1986, 1990, 1995, and 2000) described in Appendix 3. Rates shown are deaths under age one per 1,000 live births.