Effect of census-based correction of population figures on mortality rates in Germany

Table 1 Person-years of the calendar years 2011–2013 according to uncorrected and corrected population figures in the 16 Federal States of Germany

Federal State	Person-years (uncorrected, F)	Person-years (corrected, V)	Difference (V-F)	Relative Difference in %
Men
BW	16,026,098	15,519,065	− 507,033	− 3.2
BY	18,674,937	18,361,104	− 313,833	− 1.7
BE	5,186,776	4,893,209	− 293,567	− 5.7
BB	3,708,110	3,620,840	− 87,270	− 2.4
HB	970,661	954,921	− 15,740	− 1.6
HH	2,658,289	2,509,411	− 148,878	− 5.6
HE	9,003,722	8,807,352	− 196,370	− 2.2
MV	2,421,944	2,370,852	− 51,092	− 2.1
NI	11,703,863	11,426,405	− 277,458	− 2.4
NW	26,172,495	25,604,542	− 567,953	− 2.2
RP	5,905,426	5,860,942	− 44,484	− 0.8
SL	1,479,084	1,452,359	− 26,725	− 1.8
SN	6,081,155	5,937,163	− 143,992	− 2.4
ST	3,389,562	3,327,970	− 61,592	− 1.8
SH	4,180,964	4,094,465	− 86,499	− 2.1
TH	3,283,653	3,212,748	− 70,905	− 2.2
Germany	120,846,739	117,953,348	− 2,893,391	− 2.4
Women
BW	16,426,339	16,117,543	− 308,796	− 1.9
BY	19,224,645	19,095,841	− 128,804	− 0.7
BE	5,379,243	5,158,279	− 220,964	− 4.1
BB	3,774,196	3,737,235	− 36,961	− 1.0
HB	1,015,061	1,006,621	− 8,440	− 0.8
HH	2,764,375	2,669,240	− 95,135	− 3.4
HE	9,303,431	9,210,497	− 92,934	− 1.0
MV	2,471,554	2,442,176	− 29,378	− 1.2
NI	12,052,841	11,911,709	− 141,132	− 1.2
NW	27,355,106	27,053,416	− 301,690	− 1.1
RP	6,091,865	6,113,821	21,956	0.4
SL	1,554,564	1,536,243	− 18,321	− 1.2
SN	6,317,051	6,223,722	− 93,329	− 1.5
ST	3,523,322	3,479,313	− 44,009	− 1.2
SH	4,337,999	4,322,547	− 15,452	− 0.4
TH	3,361,700	3,317,583	− 44,117	− 1.3
Germany	124,953,292	123,395,786	− 1,557,506	− 1.2

BW, Baden-Wuerttemberg; BY, Bavaria; BE, Berlin; BB, Brandenburg; HB, Bremen; HH, Hamburg; HE, Hessia; MV, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; NI, Lower Saxony; NW, North Rhine-Westphalia; RP, Rhineland-Palatinate; SL, Saarland; SN, Saxony; ST, Saxony-Anhalt; SH, Schleswig–Holstein; TH, Thuringia

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