Mostafa, Golam; Ginneken, Jeroen K. van - In: Social Science & Medicine 50 (2000) 6, pp. 763-771
Longitudinal data collected from the Demographic Surveillance System (DSS) in Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh, are used for determining trends in and determinants of mortality of the elderly population (60 yr and over) in 1974-1996. The old-age mortality rate is high in Matlab, 1.2 times that...
