%0 Journal Article
%T Estimating Adult Mortality in Cameroon from Census Data on Household Deaths: 1976-1987
%A Martin W. Bangha
%J African Population Studies
%D 2013
%I Union for African Population Studies
%R 10.11564/23-2-12
%X English abstract (scroll down for abstract in French) Many African countries lack conventional data sources for systematic assessment of adult mortality. Studies of mortality in Cameroon have mainly been concerned with infant and child survival, while levels and structure of adult mortality have rarely been investigated. This paper employs the Generalized Growth Balance method to estimate adult mortality in Cameroon using data from 1976 and 1987 censuses. More specifically, we use data on household deaths during the 12 months preceding the 1976 and 1987 censuses to assess the adult mortality situation in Cameroon prior to the onset of HIV/AIDS pandemic. Results suggest that overall adult mortality in Cameroon prior to the HIV/AIDS era was high even by African standards. Ignoring potential methodological and data differences, a comparison of age-specific death rates from the two censuses to those from the recent DHS results portray a recent increase in mortality during the peak productive and reproductive years. However, a complete and reliably operational vital registration system remains the ultimate solution to estimating and fully understanding the trends in adult mortality. In the meantime, consistently collecting census data on household deaths can enhance knowledge and inform policy intervention. ------------------------------ R¨¦sum¨¦ La quasi-totalit¨¦ des ¨¦tudes sur la mortalit¨¦ au Cameroun, ainsi que les efforts d¨¦ploy¨¦s ont ¨¦t¨¦ focalis¨¦ sur l'am¨¦lioration de la mortalit¨¦ infantile et juv¨¦nile. Les donn¨¦es conventionnelles pour l'¨¦valuation syst¨¦matique de la mortalit¨¦ des adultes manquent encore. Dans cet article, nous utilisons la m¨¦thode g¨¦n¨¦ralis¨¦e de croissance ¨¦quilibr¨¦e avec les donn¨¦es des recensements des 1976 et 1987 pour ¨¦valuer la situation de mortalit¨¦ des adultes au Cameroun. Sauf pour la mortalit¨¦ infantile et juv¨¦nile, les r¨¦sultats obtenus montrent que la mortalit¨¦ des adultes est rest¨¦e inchang¨¦e au cours de la d¨¦cennie pr¨¦c¨¦dant l'av¨¨nement du HIV/SIDA. Une comparaison des taux de la mortalit¨¦ par age pour la p¨¦riode consid¨¦r¨¦e ¨¤ ceux des r¨¦sultats du EDS II et III, d¨¦peignent une augmentation r¨¦cente de la mortalit¨¦ des personnes aux ages productifs et procr¨¦atifs. Les donn¨¦es du troisi¨¨me recensement, une fois rendu publique, nous permettront ¨¦ventuellement de se situer sur cette tendance.
%K Adult mortality
%K Completeness of deaths
%K Indirect techniques
%K HIV/AIDS pandemic
%U http://aps.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/12