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This article refers to:Does the Spectrum model accurately predict trends in adult mortality? Evaluation of model estimates using empirical data from a rural HIV community cohort study in north-western Tanzania

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  • Regarding the paper titled: ‘Does the Spectrum model accurately predict trends in adult mortality? Evaluation of model estimates using empirical data from a rural HIV community cohort study in north-western Tanzania’ by Denna Michael, Chifundo Kanjala, Clara Calvert, Carel Pretorius, Alison Wringe, Jim Todd, Balthazar Mtenga, Raphael Isingo, Basia Zaba, Mark Urassa

  • The last sentences of the Abstract is incorrect: It currently reads: ‘‘the Spectrum model predicted a greater decline in 45Q15 mortality than observed in the cohort, the reasons for this over-estimate are unclear.’’

  • Among 30Á34 year olds of both sexes, observed age-specific mortality rates (ASMRs) per 1,000 person years were 13.33 in the period 1994Á1999, 11.03 in 2000Á2004, and 6.22 in 2005Á2009

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Regarding the paper titled: ‘Does the Spectrum model accurately predict trends in adult mortality? Evaluation of model estimates using empirical data from a rural HIV community cohort study in north-western Tanzania’ by Denna Michael, Chifundo Kanjala, Clara Calvert, Carel Pretorius, Alison Wringe, Jim Todd, Balthazar Mtenga, Raphael Isingo, Basia Zaba, Mark Urassa. Regarding the paper titled: ‘Does the Spectrum model accurately predict trends in adult mortality? Evaluation of model estimates using empirical data from a rural HIV community cohort study in north-western Tanzania’ by Denna Michael, Chifundo Kanjala, Clara Calvert, Carel Pretorius, Alison Wringe, Jim Todd, Balthazar Mtenga, Raphael Isingo, Basia Zaba, Mark Urassa

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