World mortality in 2000 : life tables for 191 countries /
Reliable information on the numbers of people who die in various countries according to age and sex is a fundamental requirement for setting health priorities and evaluation health programmes. Mortality levels and trends have been monitored in some countries for centuries, while in others, particula...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés Español |
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Geneva, Switzerland :
World Health Organization,
©2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Reliable information on the numbers of people who die in various countries according to age and sex is a fundamental requirement for setting health priorities and evaluation health programmes. Mortality levels and trends have been monitored in some countries for centuries, while in others, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, little is currently known about adult mortality. This uncertainty has increased in the 1990s due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, precisely at the time when priority setting in health requires reliable information on mortality levels in countries and regions. This book provides d. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (v, 512 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 0585473137 9780585473130 9789241562041 9241562048 9240681779 9789240681774 9786610060375 6610060371 1280060379 9781280060373 |