Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

• Main Authors: Dr. Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, PhD (Author), William Msemburi, MPhil (Author), Ria Laubscher, BCom (Author), Prof. Rob E Dorrington, MPhil (Author), Pam Groenewald, MBCHB (Author), Tracy Glass, BCom Hons (Author), Beatrice Nojilana, MPH (Author), Jané D Joubert, PhD (Author), Richard Matzopoulos, PhD (Author), Megan Prinsloo, MPH (Author), Nadine Nannan, MSc (Author), Nomonde Gwebushe, BSc Hons (Author), Theo Vos, PhD (Author), Nontuthuzelo Somdyala, MDS (Author), Nomfuneko Sithole, MPH (Author), Ian Neethling, MSc (Author), Edward Nicol, PhD (Author), Anastasia Rossouw, FC (Neurol) (Author), Debbie Bradshaw, DPhil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The poor health of South Africans is known to be associated with a quadruple disease burden. In the second National Burden of Disease (NBD) study, we aimed to analyse cause of death data for 1997-2012 and develop national, population group, and provincial estimates of the levels and caus...