The health of adults in the developing world:
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Oxford Univ. Press
1992
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| Physical Description: | XV, 350 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 019520879X |
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Contents
Foreword ix
Hiroshi Nakajima
Preface xii
Contributors xv
1. Introducing Adult Health 1
Richard G. A. Feachem, Margaret A. Phillips, and
RodolfoA. Bulatao
The Objective 1
The Scope 2
The Age Focus 3
The Disease and Mortality Focus 4
The Need 6
The Adult Health Policy Vacuum 6
The Importance of Adult Health 8
The Changing Picture of Adult Health—The Health
Transition 13
The Book 16
Appendix 17
2. Adult Mortality: Levels, Patterns, and Causes 23
Christopher J. L. Murray, Gonghuan Yang, and
Xinjian Qiao
Measuring Adult Mortality 24
Overview of Adult Mortality in the Developing
World 27
The Age Pattern of Mortality 27
Avoidable Mortality 29
Years of Potential Life Lost 30
45Q15 and Other Probabilities of Death 32
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Empirical Patterns of Overall Adult Mortality 34
Historical Changes in Overall Adult Mortality 34
Current Overall Levels of Adult Mortality 39
Relationships between Probabilities of Death for Various Ages
and Sexes 51
Child and Adult Mortality 52
Gender Differentials in Adult Mortality 51
Mortality in Younger and Older Adults 52
Reference Tables 53
Causes of Adult Death 53
Review of Previous Studies 53
Framework Used in this Analysis 55
Analysis of Empirical Data on Causes of Adult Death 59
The Relationship between Cause Specific Adult Mortality and
Total Adult Mortality 73
Other Sources of Cause of Death Data for Asia and
Sub Saharan Africa 80
Causes of Death in China 82
Summary and Conclusions 93
Appendix 97
3. Adult Morbidity: Limited Data and Methodological
Uncertainty 113
Christopher J. L. Murray, Richard G. A. Feachem,
Margaret A. Phillips, and Curia Willis
Measures of Morbidity 113
Observed Measures of Morbidity 114
Self Perceived Measures of Morbidity 116
Interpretation of Differences in Self Perceived Morbidity 217
Selected Surveys of Observed Morbidity 118
Comparative Studies of Self Perceived and Observed
Morbidity 121
Selected Surveys of Self Perceived Morbidity 122
Cross Sectional Surveys of Self Perceived Symptoms 222
Cross Sectional Surveys of Self Perceived Impairment 237
Egypt, Bahrain, and Sri Lanka 237
Prospective Studies of Self Perceived Symptoms 245
Conclusions 155
4. The Consequences of Adult Ill Health 161
Mead Over, Randall P. Ellis, Joyce H. Huber, and Orville
Solon
Effects on the Health and Composition of the
Household 264
Contents vii
Health of the Household 164
Composition of the Household 167
Medical Costs of Treating Adult Illness 170
Costs of Adult Hospital Care 170
Cost of Primary Care for Adults 179
Effects on Production, Consumption, Investment, and
Income 182
Effects of Adult Ill Health on Individual Productivity and
Income Generating Potential 183
Reallocation of Labor Force 185
Change in Investment/Consumption Patterns 287
Income Distribution 189
Costs of Avoiding or Ameliorating the Effects of
Adult Ill Health: Informal and Formal Insurance
Mechanisms 191
Informal Insurance Mechanisms 193
Investment and Savings 296
Formal Health Insurance 296
Conclusions 199
5. Current and Future Determinants of Adult
Ill Health 209
lord Kjellstrom, Jeffrey P. Koplan, and
Richard B. Rothenberg
Introductory Issues 209
Identifying the Determinants: The Basis of Prevention 230
The Underlying Socioeconomic Factors: Poverty and Adult
Ill Health 222
The Impact of Case Management 223
Assessing the Importance of Different Determinants 214
Major Determinants at Early Stages of Development 225
The Precarious Coexistence with Infectious Disease 226
Unfinished Business: Providing the Basic Necessities for a
Healthy Life 227
Hunger: A Persistent Threat 229
Giving Birth: A Frequent and High Risk Activity 220
Being an Unhealthy Child 22 2
Other Traditional Health Hazards of Adults 222
Major Determinants Emerging with Economic
Development 223
Developing Unhealthy Habits 223
AIDS: An Infectious Disease of New Dimensions 229
The Motorized Epidemic 232
Destroying the Environment 233
Safety Shortcuts and Dangerous Jobs 239
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Reducing the Impact of Determinants 240
Modes of Intervention 240
Examples of Successful Interventions 242
Conclusions 244
Appendix 246
6. The Emerging Agenda for Adult Health 261
Margaret A. Phillips, Richard G. A. Feachem, and
Jeffrey P. Koplan
The Findings 262
An Agenda for Improving the Information Available for
Decisionmaking 265
Levels and Causes of Adult Ill Health 266
Consequences of Adult Ill Health 267
Determinants of Adult Ill Health 268
An Agenda for Action 269
Principles and Provisos 270
Withdraw Resources from Inefficient and Inequitable
Government Health Services for Adults 272
Stop Smoking 274
Make Road Travel Safer 2 76
Vaccinate against Hepatitis B 277
Make Motherhood Safe 278
Promote Safe Sex and Treat stds 279
Improve Case Management for Tuberculosis 280
Screen for Cervical Cancer 280
Relieve Cancer Pain 281
Treat Diabetes 282
Other Important Agenda Items 283
An Agenda for Intervention Related Research 284
An Agenda for Policy 286
Appendix 287
Statistical Appendix
A l Country specific estimates of child and adult mortality
risk 299
A 2 Classification of causes of death in various icd
revisions 302
A 3 Cause specific 45Q15 for women and men in countries with
complete recent vital registration data classified according to
cause of death 306
A 4 Sample distributions of the 1982 Census and the 1988 Disease
Surveillance Points in China by type of area 350 |
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