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Challenges in morbidity and mortality statistics of the elderly population in Tanzania
— a call to action | | Author(s) | Kelvin Melkizedeck Leshabari, Ashok Kumar Biswas, Edward Gebuis |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol 18, no 3, 2017 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 171-174 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/qaoa |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Death rate [statistics] ; Demography ; Tanzania. |
| Annotation | There appears to be no available mechanism(s) to generate reliable statistics on diseases and death patterns in the older population of Tanzania. This paper highlights the challenges in the reported statistics of diseases and deaths in the rapidly expanding cohort of older people (age 65+) in Tanzania. It does so by a rapid appraisal of gaps in known facts and figures on this age cohort in Tanzania. The few available statistics are largely hospital-based, also findings from a select sample of unrepresentative populations. The findings of morbidity and mortality statistics for older people in Tanzania are likely to be confounded by other factors. There is palpable evidence that the age 65+ cohort in Tanzania is a rapidly growing segment of the population pyramid, and therefore needs significant and sustainable resource allocation and utilisation. Socio-cultural and economic barriers influencing diseases and deaths among old-aged people largely remain unaccounted in Tanzania. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170922222 A |
| Classmark | CH: S5: S8: 7LK |
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