Mortality and cause-of-death reporting and analysis systems in seven pacific island countries
Open Access
- 13 June 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 12 (1) , 436
Abstract
Mortality statistics are essential for population health assessment. Despite limitations in data availability, Pacific Island Countries are considered to be in epidemiological transition, with non-communicable diseases increasingly contributing to premature adult mortality. To address rapidly changing health profiles, countries would require mortality statistics from routine death registration given their relatively small population sizes.Keywords
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