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20039594

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
In a period of about five years, from 1997 to 2002, South Africa remarkably improved the coverage and production of its vital statistics. This period witnessed the entrance of South Africa into the select league of countries that publish statistics on multiple causes of death and that make use automatic coding of causes of death. These achievements were accomplished through multiple forces working in unison. Some of the important factors contributing to the achievement were lessons learned from study tours to Australia, Sweden and the U.S.A. The paper describes these lessons and how they were adapted to suit the South African reality. Comparison is made between the status of demographic statistics by the end of apartheid and in the post-apartheid era. Stakeholder relationships that shaped the transformation of demographic statistics in the new South Africa are also discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1718-3340
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
50-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple forces working in unison: the case of rapid improvement of vital statistics in South Africa post-1996.
pubmed:affiliation
College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. sbah@kfu.edu.sa
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article