Incompleteness of registration data on centenarians in Thailand

• Main Authors: Sutthida Chuanwan, ศุทธิดา ชวนวัน, Pramote Prasartkul, ปราโมทย์ ประสาทกุล, Aphichat Chamratrithirong, อภิชาติ จำรัสฤทธิรงค์, Patama Vapattanawong, ปัทมา ว่าพัฒนวงศ์, Hirschman, Charles
• Other Authors: Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Elderly; Centenarian; Survival ratio; Incompleteness of civil registration; Thailand; Open Access article; Journal of Population and Social Studies; วารสารประชากรและสังคม
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/2918
• Institution: Mahidol University

This study aims to estimate the number of centenarians—the population aged 100 years and over, and to assess the quality of registration data about the elderly population in Thailand. Data were taken from population censuses, life tables constructed from the Survey of Population Change (SPC), region...