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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization
Otros Autores: Lopez, Alan D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (v, 512 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0585473137
9780585473130
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