Changing causes of death in the West African town of Banjul, 1942-97
van der Sande, Marianne A.B., Inskip, Hazel M., Jaiteh, Kebba O., Maine, Nicholas P., Walraven, Gijs E.L., Hall, Andrew J. and McAdam, Keith P.W.J. (2001) Changing causes of death in the West African town of Banjul, 1942-97. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 79, (2), 133-141.
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Description/Abstract
Objective: To determine trends in the causes of death in a West African town. Mortality caused by infectious diseases is reported to be declining while degenerative and man-made mortality factors are increasingly significant. Most mortality analyses for sub-Saharan Africa have involved extrapolation and have not been derived from
community-based data.
Methods: Historical data on causes of death coded by physicians were analysed for the urban population of Banjul for the period 1942–97. As the calculation of rates is not possible in the absence of a reliable population denominator, age-standardized proportional mortality ratios (PMRs) for men and women by major groups of
causes of death were calculated, using the 1942–49 data for reference purposes.
Findings: Most deaths were attributable to communicable diseases. There was a shift in proportional mortality over the study period: the contribution of communicable diseases declined and that of noncommunicable diseases and injuries increased. These trends were more marked among men than women.
Conclusion: The data illustrate that while noncommunicable diseases and injuries are emerging as important contributors to mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, communicable diseases remain significant causes of mortality and should not be neglected.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0042-9686 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Item ID: | 26055 |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 02:01 |
| Contributors: | van der Sande, Marianne A.B. (Author) Inskip, Hazel M. (Author) Jaiteh, Kebba O. (Author) Maine, Nicholas P. (Author) Walraven, Gijs E.L. (Author) Hall, Andrew J. (Author) McAdam, Keith P.W.J. (Author) |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | hmi@mrc.soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/26055 |
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