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Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008

This research derives a set of full life tables for South Africa as a whole and by population group using vital registration data for the period 2006-2008. Given that not all deaths are registered, the research assesses the level of completeness of death registration for the national population and...

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Main Author: Marandu, Simon Hlomayi
Other Authors: Dorrington, Rob
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Centre for Actuarial Research (CARE) 2015
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description This research derives a set of full life tables for South Africa as a whole and by population group using vital registration data for the period 2006-2008. Given that not all deaths are registered, the research assesses the level of completeness of death registration for the national population and for all the population groups separately by using the deaths distribution methods.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11140 Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008 Marandu, Simon Hlomayi Dorrington, Rob Demography This research derives a set of full life tables for South Africa as a whole and by population group using vital registration data for the period 2006-2008. Given that not all deaths are registered, the research assesses the level of completeness of death registration for the national population and for all the population groups separately by using the deaths distribution methods. 2015-01-03T05:44:53Z 2015-01-03T05:44:53Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11140 eng application/pdf Centre for Actuarial Research (CARE) Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Demography
Marandu, Simon Hlomayi
Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008
thesis_degree_str Master's
title Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008
title_full Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008
title_fullStr Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008
title_full_unstemmed Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008
title_short Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008
title_sort full life tables for south africa from vital registration data 2006 2008
topic Demography
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11140
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