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Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter?
Adult mortality is an important development and public health issue that continues to attract the attention of demographers and public health researchers. Controversies exist about the accurate level of adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), due to different data sources and errors in data col...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6097801/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30147126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41118-017-0025-3 |
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author | Odimegwu, Clifford Chisumpa, Vesper H. Somefun, Oluwaseyi Dolapo |
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description | Adult mortality is an important development and public health issue that continues to attract the attention of demographers and public health researchers. Controversies exist about the accurate level of adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), due to different data sources and errors in data collection. To address this shortcoming, methods have been developed to accurately estimate levels of adult mortality. Using three different methods (orphanhood, widowhood, and siblinghood) of indirect estimation and the direct siblinghood method of adult mortality, we examined the levels of adult mortality in 10 countries in SSA using 2001–2009 census and survey data. Results from the different methods vary. Estimates from the orphanhood data show that adult mortality rates for males are in decline in South Africa and West African countries, whilst there is an increase in adult mortality in the East African countries, for the period examined. The widowhood estimates were the lowest and reveal a marked increase in female adult mortality rates compared to male. A notable difference was observed in adult mortality estimates derived from the direct and indirect siblinghood methods. The method of estimation, therefore, matters in establishing the level of adult mortality in SSA. |
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spelling | pubmed-60978012018-08-24 Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? Odimegwu, Clifford Chisumpa, Vesper H. Somefun, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Genus Original Article Adult mortality is an important development and public health issue that continues to attract the attention of demographers and public health researchers. Controversies exist about the accurate level of adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), due to different data sources and errors in data collection. To address this shortcoming, methods have been developed to accurately estimate levels of adult mortality. Using three different methods (orphanhood, widowhood, and siblinghood) of indirect estimation and the direct siblinghood method of adult mortality, we examined the levels of adult mortality in 10 countries in SSA using 2001–2009 census and survey data. Results from the different methods vary. Estimates from the orphanhood data show that adult mortality rates for males are in decline in South Africa and West African countries, whilst there is an increase in adult mortality in the East African countries, for the period examined. The widowhood estimates were the lowest and reveal a marked increase in female adult mortality rates compared to male. A notable difference was observed in adult mortality estimates derived from the direct and indirect siblinghood methods. The method of estimation, therefore, matters in establishing the level of adult mortality in SSA. Springer International Publishing 2018-08-01 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6097801/ /pubmed/30147126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41118-017-0025-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Odimegwu, Clifford Chisumpa, Vesper H. Somefun, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? |
title | Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? |
title_full | Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? |
title_fullStr | Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? |
title_full_unstemmed | Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? |
title_short | Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? |
title_sort | adult mortality in sub-saharan africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter? |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6097801/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30147126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41118-017-0025-3 |
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