Summary of studies examined the use of different standard populations in calculating the age-standardised death rates
| Author, year (Ref) | Standard population used | Main comparisons |
| Spiegelman, 19666 | US1940, US1950, US1960 | Trends of 7 conditions (total, TB, diabetes, vascular lesion of CNS, CM, MVA, homicide) |
| Curtin, 19817 | US1940, US1970 | Trends of 7 conditions (total, HD, cancer, resp. cancer, CVD, suicide, homicide) |
| Feinleib, 19928 | US1940, WHO World1975, WHO European, US1990, World Bank 2020 and 2050 | Trends of 3 conditions (cancer, HD, accidents) |
| Kleinman, 19929 | US1940, US2050 | Trends of 4 conditions (HD, cancer, stroke, lung cancer) |
| Rosenberg, 199210 | US1940, US1990 | Trends of 5 conditions (total, cancer, resp. cancer, CVD, homicide) |
| Rothenberg, 199211 | US1940, US1950, US1960, US1970, US1980, US1990, WHO WORLD, WHO UNIFORM and 16 constructed standards | Trends of 5 conditions (total, IHD, cancer, COPD, AD) and changes in rankings of states for IHD |
| Anderson, 199812 | US1940, US2000 | Trends of 16 conditions (total, HD, cancer, CVD, COPD, accidents, pneumonia, diabetes, HIV, suicide, Cirrhosis, nephritis, homicide, sepsis, AD, atherosclerosis) |
| Ahmad, 200113 | WHO World, Segi, Scandinavian | Trends of circulatory disease mortality rates. Cross-sectional comparison of rankings of 23 countries for respiratory infection mortality rates |
| Sankoh, 201414 | WHO World, Segi, INDEPTH 2002 and 2013 | Cross-sectional comparison of rankings of 16 countries 32 HDSS |
AD, Alzheimer’s disease; CM, congenital malformation; CNS, central nervous system; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVD, cerebrovascular disease; HD, heart disease; HDSS, health and demographic survey system; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; MVA, motor vehicle accidents.