Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

The poor health of South Africans is known to be associated with a quadruple disease burden. In the second National Burden of Disease (NBD) study, we aimed to analyse cause of death data for 1997–2012 and develop national, population group, and provincial estimates of the levels and causes of mortal...

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Published in:	The Lancet global health Vol. 4; no. 9; pp. e642 - e653
Main Authors:	Pillay-van Wyk, Victoria, Msemburi, William, Laubscher, Ria, Dorrington, Rob E, Groenewald, Pam, Glass, Tracy, Nojilana, Beatrice, Joubert, Jané D, Matzopoulos, Richard, Prinsloo, Megan, Nannan, Nadine, Gwebushe, Nomonde, Vos, Theo, Somdyala, Nontuthuzelo, Sithole, Nomfuneko, Neethling, Ian, Nicol, Edward, Rossouw, Anastasia, Bradshaw, Debbie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2016 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Cause of Death - trends Child Communicable Diseases - epidemiology Female Global Health HIV Infections Humans Internal Medicine Male Middle Aged Mortality - ethnology Mortality - trends South Africa - epidemiology
ISSN:	2214-109X, 2214-109X
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