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Mortality profiles in a country facing epidemiological transition: An analysis of registered data

Luis Huicho1,2,3*, Miguel Trelles3, Fernando Gonzales4, Walter Mendoza5 and Jaime Miranda3,6,7

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Paediatrics, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

2 Department of Paediatrics, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru

3 School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

4 Pan American Health Organization, Lima, Peru

5 United Nations Population Fund, Lima, Peru

6 Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

7 School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:47 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-47

Published: 2 February 2009

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Additional File 1:

Total Number and proportion of deaths assigned to 'Signs, Symptoms and Ill defined conditions' (SSIDC) for the uncorrected data, by age group and by year. The data describe in detail the yearly total number and proportion of deaths assigned signs, symptoms and ill defined conditions for the uncorrected data, by age group and by year, for the period 1996–2000

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Abridged CELADE life table for Peru, Period 1995–2000. The data provided present summary information including the age in (years), central rate, probability of dying, deaths, stable population; time lived and life expectancy by age and sex for the period 1995–2000.

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Standardized death rate and population by department and by year. This file represents standardized death rate and population by department and region, and by year for the period 1996–2000.

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