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Assessments of mortality at oldest-old ages by province in China's 2000 and 2010 censuses

mation of mortality and construct reliable age-trajectories of mortality at oldest-old ages in China.

Authors’ Contribution

DG designed the study, performed the analysis, drafted and revised the manuscript. RH was involved
in the design, revised the manuscript, and interpreted the results. KA was involved in performing the
analyses, revised the manuscript, and interpreted the results. MED revised and interpreted the results.
YZ and HL collected and prepared the data and interpreted the results.
Conflict of Interest and Funding

No conflict of interest has been reported by the authors. RH's work was funded by the Chinese So-
cial Sciences Foundation (15BRK009) awarded to RH.
Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Professor Yuan Ren from Fudan University, China; Professor Ana-
stasia Kostaki from Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece; and Professor Hui Zheng
from Ohio State University, USA, for their helpful comments. The authors are also grateful to Dr.
Patrick Gerland at the United Nations Population Division for assistance with illustrations.

Ethics Approval

N/A—this study used secondary aggregated data from publicly available census tabulations.
Disclaimer

The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and do not reflect those of the
United Nations, Nanjing Normal University, Duke University, or the China Population and Devel-
opment Research Center.
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