Changing causes of death in the West African town of Banjul, 1942-97

• Main Authors: Sande Marianne A.B. van der (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)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...