Studying Geographic Inequalities in Mortality in Contexts with Deficient Data Sources: Lessons from Ecuador

Background: In Ecuador, there are inequalities in the completeness and quality of the mortality registry between men and women and among geographical areas. Consequently, using cause of death statistics leads to several difficulties. Our aim was to analyze geographical inequalities in mortality due to some of the main specific causes of death in the provinces of Ecuador (2001–2016) after correction for the deficiencies found in the mortality...