Overview
Identification
Countries
Bangladesh, Ghana, South Africa, VietnamTitle
The evolving demographic and health transition in four low- and middle-income countries
Study Type
Demographic Surveillance
ID Number INDEPTH.GH001.Transitions.v1 |
Version
Version Description
V2
Notes
V1 Original published version
V2 Published version
Overview
Abstract
This study contributes evidence documenting the continued decline in all-cause mortality and changes in the cause of death distribution over time in four developing country populations in Africa and Asia. We present levels and trends in age-specific mortality (all-cause and cause-specific) from four demographic surveillance sites: Agincourt (South Africa), Navrongo (Ghana) in Africa; Filabavi (Vietnam), Matlab (Bangladesh) in Asia. We model mortality using discrete time event history analysis. This study illustrates how data from INDEPTH Network centers can provide a comparative, longitudinal examination of mortality patterns and the epidemiological transition. Health care systems need to be reconfigured to deal simultaneously with continuing challenges of communicable disease and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases that require long-term care. In populations with endemic HIV, long-term care of HIV patients on ART will add to the chronic care needs of the community.
Kind of Data
Event history data
Units of Analysis
Individual
Scope
Notes
Individual exposure and cause of death
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|
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Mortality [N01.224.935.698]
| MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
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Cause of Death [N01.224.935.698.100]
| MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
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Life Expectancy [N01.224.935.464]
| MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage (1)
Demographic surveillance area : Matlab, Bangladesh
Geographic Coverage (2)
Demographic surveillance area : Navrongo, Ghana
Geographic Coverage (3)
Demographic surveillance area : Agincourt, South Africa
Geographic Coverage (4)
Demographic surveillance area : Filabavi, Vietnam
Universe
All resident individuals in the demographic surveillance area
Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|
|
Brian Houle
| School of Demography, The Australian National University |
|
Ayaga Bawah
| Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana |
|
Samuel Clark
| Department of Sociology, University of Washington, USA |
|
Osman Sankoh
| INDEPTH Network, Ghana |
|
Nurul Alam, Abdur Razzaque, Peter Kim Streatfield
| International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh |
|
Cornelius Debpuur, Paul Welaga, Abraham Oduro, Abraham Hodgson
| Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana |
|
Stephen Tollman, Mark Collinson, Kathleen Kahn
| Agincourt Health and Population Unit, South Africa |
|
Tran Khan Toan, Ho Dang Phuc, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc
| Filabavi Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Vietnam |
Other Acknowledgements
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|
|
Kobus Herbst
| INDEPTH Network | Data Anonymisation |
|
Tathagata Bhattacharjee
| INDEPTH Network | Dataset Publication |
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|
| iSHARE2 Technical Team | iS2TT | INDEPTH Network | Documentation of the study |
| INDEPTH Network | int.indepth | INDEPTH Network | agency |
| Kobus Herbst | KHe | INDEPTH Network | Documentation author |
DDI Document Version
V2.0
DDI Document ID
DDI.INDEPTH.GH001.Transitions.v2
Documentation in PDF
