Age-specific and sex-specific adult mortality risk in India in 2014: Analysis of 0·27 million nationally surveyed deaths and demographic estimates from 597 districts

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e767-e775

  Ram, Usha ^a,b   Jha, Prabhat ^a   Gerland, Patrick ^c   Hum, Ryan J ^a   Rodriguez, Peter ^a   Suraweera, Wilson ^a   Kumar, Kaushalendra ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^d   Dikshit, Rajesh ^e   Xavier, Denis ^f   Gupta, Rajeev ^g   Gupta, Prakash C ^h   Ram, Faujdar ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^f ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^g FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^h HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947447110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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