Characteristics, availability and uses of vital registration and other mortality data sources in post-democracy South Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Census; Civil registration; Data availability; Mortality data sources; South africa; Surveillance; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878466471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.19263     Document Type: Review

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