Changing causes of death in the West African town of Banjul, 1942-97

Changing causes of death in the West African town of Banjul, 1942-97

OBJECTIVE: To determine trends in the causes of death in a West African town. Mortality caused by infectious diseases is reported to be declining while degenerative and man-made mortality factors are increasingly significant. Most mortality analyses for sub-Saharan Africa have involved extrapolation...

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Main Authors: Sande Marianne A.B. van der, Inskip Hazel M., Jaiteh Kebba O., Maine Nicholas P., Walraven Gijs E.L., Hall Andrew J., McAdam Keith P.W.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2001-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
cause of death
mortality/trends
communicable diseases/mortality
communicable diseases/trends
chronic disease/mortality
chronic disease/trends
Gambia
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862001000200008

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