Overview
Research demographer at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics. Known for foundational methodology work on U.S. life tables and age standardization standards. Co-developer of the Year 2000 U.S. standard population for age-adjusted death rates (Anderson and Rosenberg 1998).
Key Contributions / Features
- Anderson and Rosenberg (1998): Co-developed the Year 2000 U.S. standard population for age standardization, effective for NCHS data from 1999 onward; documented the ~82% level increase in all-cause AADR and the black/white ratio compression artifact from the 1940→2000 standard switch.
- Anderson (1999): Developed the revised U.S. life table methodology producing complete single-year-of-age tables extending to age 100, using Medicare data to anchor the oldest-age probabilities. This methodology replaced the abridged reference-table approach.
- Anderson and Arias (2003): Revised all U.S. mortality statistics for year 2000 using April 1, 2000 census populations (bridged to single-race categories), correcting for 6M+ denominator undercount in previously published 1990-based estimates; documented large revisions for Hispanic and American Indian populations.
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