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Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa : what is killing adults aged 15-59 years in Zambia?
Chisumpa, Vesper H.; Odimegwu, Clifford O.; Saikia, Nandita - 2019
2010-2012 Zambia Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy (SAVVY) survey data and computing age-sex and cause … HIV/AIDS as a cause of death would have the most impact in reducing adult mortality in Zambia and contribute significantly … the reduction of adult mortality in Zambia in line with sustainable development goals (SDGs). …
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Adult mortality in a rural area of Senegal
Duthé, Géraldine; Pison, Gilles - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 37, pp. 1419-1434
This study provides original estimates of adult mortality in Mlomp, a rural population of Senegal which has been monitored for twenty years. Causes of death are assessed through verbal autopsies which are completed by medical information. Between ages 15 and 60, male mortality is much higher...
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Why Lifespans Are More Variable Among Blacks Than Among Whites in the United States
Firebaugh, Glenn; Acciai, Francesco; Noah, Aggie; … - In: Demography 51 (2014) 6, pp. 2025-2045
<Para ID="Par1">Lifespans are both shorter and more variable for blacks than for whites in the United States. Because their lifespans are more variable, there is greater inequality in length of life—and thus greater uncertainty about the future—among blacks. This study is the first to decompose the...</para>
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Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS
Haacker, Markus; Crafts, N. F. R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The paper evaluates the impact of HIV/AIDS on welfare in several countries affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Unlike studies focusing on the impact of HIV/AIDS on GDP per capita, we evaluate the impact of increased mortality using estimates of the value of statistical life. Our results...
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Adult mortality and consumption growth in the age of HIV/AIDS
Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - 2007
This paper uses a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affect both short and long-run consumption growth of surviving household members. Using unique data which tracks individuals from 1991 to 2004, we examine consumption growth, controlling for a set of...
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Health Aid and Infant Mortality
Newhouse, David Locke; Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is associated with a 2 percent reduction in the infant...
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Adult Mortality and Consumption Growth in the Age of HIV/AIDS
Beegle, Kathleen; Weerdt, Joachim De; Dercon, Stefan - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2007
This paper uses a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affect both short and long-run consumption growth of surviving household members. Using unique data which tracks individuals from 1991 to 2004, we examine consumption growth, controlling for a set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642339
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Análise de Mortalidade de Adultos em Agregados Familiares Rurais em Moçambique e as Implicações para as Políticas
Mather, David; Marrule, Higino Francisco de; Donovan, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509177
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Analysis of Adult Mortality Within Rural Households in Mozambique and Implications for Policy
Mather, David; Marrule, Higino Francisco de; Donovan, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509178
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PRIME-AGE ADULT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN RURAL RWANDA: WHICH HOUSEHOLDS ARE AFFECTED AND WHAT ARE THEIR STRATEGIES FOR ADJUSTMENT?
Donovan, Cynthia; Bailey, Linda; Mpyisi, Edson; Weber, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003
In Rwanda for the past decade, rural households have lived with civil unrest and genocide, changing land laws, large population flows both into and out of the country, and climatic threats with droughts and floods. The illness and untimely death of prime age adults from a number of health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005460383