Assessing the Contribution of Age-sex Differentials in Causes of Death Due to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases to the Trends in Age-sex Differentials in Life Expectancy in Mauritius

Social Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 260-272

  Bah, Sulaiman M ^a  

^a Statistics South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSES OF DEATH; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTIONS; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE EXPECTANCY--DETERMINANTS; LIFE TABLE; LIFE TABLE METHOD; MALE; MAURITIUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; CAUSES OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; INFECTIONS; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY--DETERMINANTS; LIFE TABLE METHOD; LIFE TABLES; MAURITIUS; MORTALITY; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032151311     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1998.9988977     Document Type: Article

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