Unlike many data sets where there is extensive data checking on input, verification of administrative records tends to be minimal.2 In order to avoid coding errors associated with data input and to ensure that we were working with comparable populations, we made the following population selections: 1
Pour relever le défi, nous avons eu recours à des techniques fondées sur l’analyse de survie, qui permet de traiter de telles variations de la taille et de la structure de la population.