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Arusha, Tanzania: 10-14 December 2007
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Session 22:
Adult mortality in Africa

Tuesday, December 11
10:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Manyara
Ngorongoro Wing. 3rd Floor
Chair: Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Quincy Stewart, Indiana University

1. Adult mortality based on death notification data in South Africa: 1997-2004  •  Barbara A. Anderson, University of Michigan; Heston Phillips, Statistics South Africa

2. Estimating adult mortality in Cameroon from census data on household deaths: 1976-1987  •  Martin Bangha, University of Pennsylvania

3. Adult mortality in Southern Africa using deaths reported by households: some methodological issues and results  •  Rob Dorrington, University of Cape Town; Ian M. Timaeus, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Simon Gregson, Imperial College

4. Measuring adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Estimates from census age distribution  •  Robert G. Mswia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Philip W Setel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania

5. What can census data on household deaths tell us about adult mortality in Lesotho and Botswana?  •  Kevin J A Thomas, Pennsylvania State University; Kenneth Hill, Harvard University

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