Estimates of adult mortality in countries with limited vital registration (e.g., sub-Saharan Africa) are often derived from information about the survival of a respondent’s siblings. We evaluated the completeness and accuracy of such data through a record linkage study conducted in Bandafassi,...

Desgrées du loû (Annabel), Pison (Gilles). - The Role of Vaccination in Lowering Children's Death Rates in Senegal Since the end of World War II, death rates of children and teenagers in Senegal have fallen. The reduction occurred later in rural areas than in the towns and was the result of...

Child mortality has declined in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last 60 years but the decrease has not been regular: it has accelerated over some periods, as during the last decade, and slowed down in others. This is not solely attributable to HIV/AIDS. This paper examines in detail the trends...

Tous les deux ans, le numéro d'été de Population & Sociétés, intitulé Tous les pays du monde, présente un tableau de la population mondiale. Les données proviennent essentiellement de la World Population Data Sheet publiée par le Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

Tous les deux ans, Population & Sociétés publie un numéro intitulé Tous les pays du monde présentant un tableau de la population mondiale. Celle-ci compte un peu plus de 7 milliards d'habitants en 2013. Elle a été multipliée par sept au cours des deux derniers siècles, et devrait...