Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World

The authors combine data from 84 Demographic and Health Surveys from 46 countries to analyze trends and socioeconomic differences in adult mortality, calculating mortality based on the sibling mortality reports collected from female respondents aged 15-49. The analysis yields four main findings. Fir...

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Main Authors:	de Walque, Damien, Filmer, Deon
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2012 Microdata Set
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9246

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spelling	okr-10986-92462021-04-23T14:02:44Z Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World de Walque, Damien Filmer, Deon World Development Report 2012 Microdata Set The authors combine data from 84 Demographic and Health Surveys from 46 countries to analyze trends and socioeconomic differences in adult mortality, calculating mortality based on the sibling mortality reports collected from female respondents aged 15-49. The analysis yields four main findings. First, adult mortality is different from child mortality: while under-5 mortality shows a definite improving trend over time, adult mortality does not, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The second main finding is the increase in adult mortality in Sub-Saharan African countries. The increase is dramatic among those most affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Mortality rates in the highest HIV-prevalence countries of southern Africa exceed those in countries that experienced episodes of civil war. Third, even in Sub-Saharan countries where HIV-prevalence is not as high, mortality rates appear to be at best stagnating, and even increasing in several cases. Finally, the main socioeconomic dimension along which mortality appears to differ in the aggregate is gender. Adult mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa have risen substantially higher for men than for women--especially so in the high HIV-prevalence countries. On the whole, the data do not show large gaps by urban/rural residence or by school attainment. 2012-06-26T15:42:42Z 2012-06-26T15:42:42Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9246 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa Latin America & Caribbean East Asia and Pacific South Asia
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description	The authors combine data from 84 Demographic and Health Surveys from 46 countries to analyze trends and socioeconomic differences in adult mortality, calculating mortality based on the sibling mortality reports collected from female respondents aged 15-49. The analysis yields four main findings. First, adult mortality is different from child mortality: while under-5 mortality shows a definite improving trend over time, adult mortality does not, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The second main finding is the increase in adult mortality in Sub-Saharan African countries. The increase is dramatic among those most affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Mortality rates in the highest HIV-prevalence countries of southern Africa exceed those in countries that experienced episodes of civil war. Third, even in Sub-Saharan countries where HIV-prevalence is not as high, mortality rates appear to be at best stagnating, and even increasing in several cases. Finally, the main socioeconomic dimension along which mortality appears to differ in the aggregate is gender. Adult mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa have risen substantially higher for men than for women--especially so in the high HIV-prevalence countries. On the whole, the data do not show large gaps by urban/rural residence or by school attainment.
author	de Walque, Damien Filmer, Deon
author_facet	de Walque, Damien Filmer, Deon
author_sort	de Walque, Damien
title	Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World
title_short	Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World
title_full	Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World
title_fullStr	Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World
title_full_unstemmed	Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World
title_sort	trends and socio-economic gradients in adult mortality around the developing world
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2012
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Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World

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