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Session 3:
Adult Health and Mortality in Developing Countries

Thursday, March 30
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Santa Anita AB
Lobby Level
Chair: Kenneth H. Hill, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Philip W. Setel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1. 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; Simon Gregson, Imperial College

2. Adult Mortality in a Rural Area of Senegal: Trends and Causes of Death  •  Géraldine Duthé, Institut national d'études démographiques (INED); Gilles Pison, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

3. Levels and Trends in Adult Background Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa  •  Patrick Gerland, United Nations; François Pelletier, United Nations; Thomas Buettner, United Nations

4. Adult Health and Mortality in the Gambia: Relationships between Anthropometric Status and Adult Mortality Risk  •  Rebecca Sear, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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