A procedure to estimate mortality among migrants.

Mortality data are customarily recorded and compiled by usual place of residence of the deceased at the time of death and therefore provide no information on the impact made by migrants in an areas mortality. Deaths attributable to persons who have recently migrated from one area to another are not known. This paper presents a procedure to estimate the number of deaths which migrants either add to or subtract from the deaths which would be expected in the absence of any migration. The ability to disaggregate mortality data into migrant deaths and non-migrant deaths adds another dimension and enhanced precision to the three customary components of population change: births deaths and migration. Data for Wisconsin are used for illustrative purposes. (EXCERPT)