Impacts of using different standard populations in calculating age-standardised death rates when age-specific death rates in the populations being compared do not have a consistent relationship: a cross-sectional population-based observational study on US state HIV death rates

• Fu-Wen Liang,
• Tsung-Hsueh Lu,
• Shu-Yu Tai,
• Yen-Yee Hng,
• Yi-Hsuan Lo

Affiliations

Fu-Wen Liang

Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tsung-Hsueh Lu

Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Shu-Yu Tai

Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yen-Yee Hng

Department of Statistics, College of Managemen,National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Yi-Hsuan Lo

Department of Statistics, College of Managemen,National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan