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Estimates of adult mortality in Burundi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Carolyn Makinson
Carolyn Makinson
Affiliation:
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York
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Summary

Adult mortality in Burundi during the 1970s and 1980s is estimated using data from the 1987 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Estimates from traditional indirect methods are compared with those from the inter-survey method using data on the number of years since the respondent's parent died. Life expectancy at birth was estimated as 48.55 years for males and 51·23 years for females.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 169 - 186
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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