TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiologic transition interrupted
T2 - A reassessment of mortality trends in Thailand, 1980-2000
AU - Hill(K., Kenneth
AU - Vapattanawong, Patama
AU - Prasartkul, Pramote
AU - Porapakkham, Yawarat
AU - Lim, Stephen S.
AU - Lopez, Alan D.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Jesse Klafter for research assistance with the revision of the GGB, SEG and combined GGB/SEG estimates, and Mollie Hogan with research assistance with referencing. This research is conducted under the Setting Priorities using Information on Cost-Effectiveness (SPICE) project and is supported by an international collaborative research grant from the Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom (071842/Z/03/Z) and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (301199).
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Background: In the late 1980s and early 1990s a generalized HIV epidemic affected Thailand which was relatively well controlled by an intensive national campaign by the mid 1990s. The extent to which the epidemic has slowed or possibly reversed the epidemiological transition in Thailand is relatively unknown. Methods: Under-five mortality rates (U5MR) were determined from various sources and weighted least squares regression conducted to determine U5MR over the years 1980-2000. Direct and indirect estimates of the completeness of death registration were used to estimate mortality levels in those aged more than 5 years for the 1980-90 and 1990-2000 periods. Life tables were constructed using the various estimates to determine changes in life-expectancy between the two time periods. Results: U5MR in Thailand is estimated to have been 58/1000 live births in 1980, declining to 30 in 1990 and to 23 in 2000. The vital registration system clearly underestimates U5MR. Successive surveys of Population Change (SPC) imply coverage of death registration improving from 75-77% in 1985-86 to 95% in 1995-96, partly due to a reliance on self-reported registration in the latter survey. In contrast, the General Growth Balance-Synthetic Extinction Generations (GGB-SEG) method suggests coverage worsening from 78-85% in 1980-90 to 64-7% in 1990-2000. Life tables based on SPC adjustments show continued declines in female, and to a lesser extent, male adult mortality with corresponding increases in life-expectancy at birth of around 6 years for both sexes from 1980-90 to 1990-2000. In contrast, the indirect adjustments suggest a substantial increase in male adult mortality with female adult mortality unchanged; life expectancy decreased by 4 years for males and was only marginally higher in females. Conclusion: Given the conflicting evidence a definitive assessment of mortality change in Thailand between 1980 and 2000 is difficult to make. Indirect adjustments, based on demographic methods point to a major reversal in mortality decline among males, and a slowing in females. If adult mortality registration has declined, and given the continued under-registration of infant and child deaths, remedial measures are urgently required if the mortality system is to better inform and monitor health development in Thailand.
AB - Background: In the late 1980s and early 1990s a generalized HIV epidemic affected Thailand which was relatively well controlled by an intensive national campaign by the mid 1990s. The extent to which the epidemic has slowed or possibly reversed the epidemiological transition in Thailand is relatively unknown. Methods: Under-five mortality rates (U5MR) were determined from various sources and weighted least squares regression conducted to determine U5MR over the years 1980-2000. Direct and indirect estimates of the completeness of death registration were used to estimate mortality levels in those aged more than 5 years for the 1980-90 and 1990-2000 periods. Life tables were constructed using the various estimates to determine changes in life-expectancy between the two time periods. Results: U5MR in Thailand is estimated to have been 58/1000 live births in 1980, declining to 30 in 1990 and to 23 in 2000. The vital registration system clearly underestimates U5MR. Successive surveys of Population Change (SPC) imply coverage of death registration improving from 75-77% in 1985-86 to 95% in 1995-96, partly due to a reliance on self-reported registration in the latter survey. In contrast, the General Growth Balance-Synthetic Extinction Generations (GGB-SEG) method suggests coverage worsening from 78-85% in 1980-90 to 64-7% in 1990-2000. Life tables based on SPC adjustments show continued declines in female, and to a lesser extent, male adult mortality with corresponding increases in life-expectancy at birth of around 6 years for both sexes from 1980-90 to 1990-2000. In contrast, the indirect adjustments suggest a substantial increase in male adult mortality with female adult mortality unchanged; life expectancy decreased by 4 years for males and was only marginally higher in females. Conclusion: Given the conflicting evidence a definitive assessment of mortality change in Thailand between 1980 and 2000 is difficult to make. Indirect adjustments, based on demographic methods point to a major reversal in mortality decline among males, and a slowing in females. If adult mortality registration has declined, and given the continued under-registration of infant and child deaths, remedial measures are urgently required if the mortality system is to better inform and monitor health development in Thailand.
KW - Cause of death
KW - Mortality
KW - Thailand
KW - Vital registration
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U2 - 10.1093/ije/dyl257
DO - 10.1093/ije/dyl257
M3 - Article
C2 - 17182635
AN - SCOPUS:34447309734
VL - 36
SP - 374
EP - 384
JO - International Journal of Epidemiology
JF - International Journal of Epidemiology
SN - 0300-5771
IS - 2
ER -