Two decades of mortality change in rural northeast South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The MRC/Wits University Agincourt research centre, part of the INDEPTH Network, has documented mortality in a defined population in the rural northeast of South Africa for 20 years (1992-2011) using long-term health and socio-demographic surveillance. Detail on the unfolding, at times unpredicted, mortality pattern has been published. This experience is reviewed here and updated using more recent data.

Objective

To present a review and summary of mortality patterns across all age-sex groups in the Agincourt sub-district population for the period 1992-2011 as a comprehensive basis for public health action.

Design

Vital events in the Agincourt population have been updated in annual surveys undertaken since 1992. All deaths have been rigorously recorded and fo

SUBMITTER: Kabudula CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4220148 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature