Evaluating the Quality of National Mortality Statistics from Civil Registration in South Africa, 1997-2007

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Joubert, Jané ^a,b   Rao, Chalapati ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^b   Vos, Theo ^a,c   Lopez, Alan D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIVIL REGISTRATION; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; LAW; NATIONAL MORTALITY STATISTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878330660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064592     Document Type: Article

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