Old age mortality in South Africa, 1985-2011

Estimating the level and trend in population mortality rates at advanced ages in South Africa is complicated by problems with both the population and death data. Population and death data, particularly in developing countries, often suffer from age misreporting - age exaggeration and digit preferenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richman, Ronald David
Other Authors: Dorrington, Rob
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27486