Bangladesh, Ghana, South Africa, Vietnam - The evolving demographic and health transition in four low- and middle-income countries
Reference ID | INDEPTH.GH001.Transitions.v1 |
Year | 1987 - 2009 |
Country | Bangladesh, Ghana, South Africa, Vietnam |
Producer(s) |
Brian Houle - School of Demography, The Australian National University Ayaga Bawah - Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana Samuel Clark - Department of Sociolog |
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Overview
Identification
ID Number INDEPTH.GH001.Transitions.v1 |
Version
Version Description
V2Notes
V1 Original published versionV2 Published version
Overview
Abstract
This study contributes evidence documenting the continued decline in all-cause mortality and changes in the cause of death distribution over time in four developing country populations in Africa and Asia. We present levels and trends in age-specific mortality (all-cause and cause-specific) from four demographic surveillance sites: Agincourt (South Africa), Navrongo (Ghana) in Africa; Filabavi (Vietnam), Matlab (Bangladesh) in Asia. We model mortality using discrete time event history analysis. This study illustrates how data from INDEPTH Network centers can provide a comparative, longitudinal examination of mortality patterns and the epidemiological transition. Health care systems need to be reconfigured to deal simultaneously with continuing challenges of communicable disease and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases that require long-term care. In populations with endemic HIV, long-term care of HIV patients on ART will add to the chronic care needs of the community.Kind of Data
Event history dataUnits of Analysis
IndividualScope
Notes
Individual exposure and cause of deathTopics
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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Mortality [N01.224.935.698] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Cause of Death [N01.224.935.698.100] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Life Expectancy [N01.224.935.464] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage (1)
Demographic surveillance area : Matlab, BangladeshGeographic Coverage (2)
Demographic surveillance area : Navrongo, GhanaGeographic Coverage (3)
Demographic surveillance area : Agincourt, South AfricaGeographic Coverage (4)
Demographic surveillance area : Filabavi, VietnamUniverse
All resident individuals in the demographic surveillance areaProducers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
Name | Affiliation |
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Brian Houle | School of Demography, The Australian National University |
Ayaga Bawah | Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana |
Samuel Clark | Department of Sociology, University of Washington, USA |
Osman Sankoh | INDEPTH Network, Ghana |
Nurul Alam, Abdur Razzaque, Peter Kim Streatfield | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh |
Cornelius Debpuur, Paul Welaga, Abraham Oduro, Abraham Hodgson | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana |
Stephen Tollman, Mark Collinson, Kathleen Kahn | Agincourt Health and Population Unit, South Africa |
Tran Khan Toan, Ho Dang Phuc, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc | Filabavi Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Vietnam |
Other Acknowledgements
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Kobus Herbst | INDEPTH Network | Data Anonymisation |
Tathagata Bhattacharjee | INDEPTH Network | Dataset Publication |
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
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iSHARE2 Technical Team | iS2TT | INDEPTH Network | Documentation of the study |
INDEPTH Network | int.indepth | INDEPTH Network | agency |
Kobus Herbst | KHe | INDEPTH Network | Documentation author |
DDI Document Version
V2.0DDI Document ID
DDI.INDEPTH.GH001.Transitions.v2