The triple burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases and injuries on sex differences in life expectancy in Ethiopia

• Main Authors: Myunggu Jung (Author), Gizachew Balew Jembere (Author), Young Su Park (Author), William Muhwava (Author), Yeohee Choi (Author), Youngtae Cho (Author), Woorim Ko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ethiopia has experienced great improvements in life expectancy (LE) at birth over the last three decades. Despite consistent increases in LE for both males and females in Ethiopia, the country has simultaneously witnessed an increasing discrepancy in LE between males and females....