Therefore, differences in climatic conditions in generating the reference hydrographs in this method caused results obtained from using it in southwest of Iran to be far from the actual values.
The exact dates of deaths from all causes were obtained from the official mortality records of the National Health Fund.
Mortality data on non-accidental causes were obtained from the death classification system at the Beijing Public Security Bureau, between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008.
Age-specific transition probabilities for the state "Death from other causes" were obtained from the Australian 2007-2009 Life Tables [ 52] and adjusted for the proportion of age-specific deaths from suicides in general population [ 37].
The primary outcome was 90-day post hospital discharge all-cause mortality obtained from the US Social Security Administration Death Master File which has high sensitivity and specificity for mortality.
Mortality counts at the 2001 LSOA by age, sex, and cause were obtained from the Office of National Statistics.
Annual panel data for the number of deaths from suicides and injuries of undetermined cause were obtained from the National Clinical and Health Outcomes Database, covering the years 2000 to 2010.
Furthermore, our city-specific estimates were consistent with all-cause estimates obtained from the official vital statistics for the broader province.
Vital status, date of most recent follow-up, or date of death and cause, were obtained from medical records, general practitioners or clinicians, and municipal population registries.
