Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008

This research derives a set of full life tables for South Africa as a whole and by population group using vital registration data for the period 2006-2008. Given that not all deaths are registered, the research assesses the level of completeness of death registration for the national population and...

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Main Author: Marandu, Simon Hlomayi
Other Authors: Dorrington, Rob
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11140
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-111402020-10-06T05:10:48Z Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008 Marandu, Simon Hlomayi Dorrington, Rob Demography This research derives a set of full life tables for South Africa as a whole and by population group using vital registration data for the period 2006-2008. Given that not all deaths are registered, the research assesses the level of completeness of death registration for the national population and for all the population groups separately by using the deaths distribution methods. 2015-01-03T05:44:53Z 2015-01-03T05:44:53Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11140 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Commerce Centre for Actuarial Research (CARE)
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Marandu, Simon Hlomayi
Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008
description This research derives a set of full life tables for South Africa as a whole and by population group using vital registration data for the period 2006-2008. Given that not all deaths are registered, the research assesses the level of completeness of death registration for the national population and for all the population groups separately by using the deaths distribution methods.
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