Examining sex differences in the completeness of Peruvian CRVS data and adult mortality estimates

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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Difference between the number of deaths published by the Ministry of Health and the civil registry by year and sex, from 2005 to 2018, Peru

Year	Females			Males			Total
Year	MINSA	RENIEC	% Diff	MINSA	RENIEC	% Diff	MINSA	RENIEC	% Diff
2005	41,052	47,739	16.3	47,652	55,468	16.4	88,704	103,207	16.3
2006	38,117	48,709	27.8	44,503	56,365	26.7	82,620	105,074	27.2
2007	40,411	48,937	21.1	47,084	58,312	23.8	87,496	107,249	22.6
2008	42,279	49,184	16.3	49,011	58,916	20.2	91,290	108,100	18.4
2009	44,238	50,847	14.9	51,483	59,964	16.5	95,722	110,811	15.8
2010	45,936	49,963	8.8	53,398	58,215	9.0	99,334	108,178	8.9
2011	44,669	54,516	22.0	52,183	63,940	22.5	96,852	118,456	22.3
2012	45,266	55,536	22.7	52,720	64,116	21.6	97,989	119,652	22.1
2013	45,794	58,173	27.0	52,822	67,408	27.6	98,616	125,581	27.3
2014	44,673	61,363	37.4	51,787	71,467	38.0	96,460	132,830	37.7
2015	44,643	62,850	40.8	51,597	72,008	39.6	96,240	134,858	40.1
2016	45,310	67,721	49.5	51,918	77,800	49.9	97,241	145,521	49.6
2017	57,192	70,011	22.4	63,950	80,021	25.1	121,142	150,032	23.8
2018	58,952	70,766	20.0	66,638	80,924	21.4	125,590	151,690	20.8
^a2019	53,107	72,354	36.2	61,332	82,067	33.8	114,449	154,421	34.9

Percent difference computed by 100 * (RENIEC/MINSA − 1)
^aMINSA 2019 deaths are not available to date. So, 2019 MINSA values correspond to 2019 SINADEF’s online death record values