The age pattern of increases in mortality affected by HIV: Bayesian fit of the Heligman-Pollard Model to data from the Agincourt HDSS field site in rural northeast South Africa
<b>Background</b>: We investigate the sex-age-specific changes in the mortality of a prospectively monitored rural population in South Africa. We quantify changes in the age pattern of mortality efficiently by estimating the eight parameters of the Heligman-Pollard (HP) model of age-spec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2013-12-01
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Series: | Demographic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol29/39/ |