Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993-2013

• Main Authors: Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula (Author), Brian Houle (Author), Mark A. Collinson (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé (Author), Samuel J. Clark (Author), Stephen Tollman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Virtually all low- and middle-income countries are undergoing an epidemiological transition whose progression is more varied than experienced in high-income countries. Observed changes in mortality and disease patterns reveal that the transition in most low- and middle-income cou...