TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Measuring the burden of premature mortality in Pakistan: use of sentinel surveillance systems
JO  - Public health
A1  - Hyder, Adnan Ali
A1  - Wali, S. A.
A1  - Ghaffar, Abdul
A1  - Masud, Tayyeb Imran
A1  - Hill, Kenneth
SP  - 459
EP  - 465
VL  - 119
IS  - 6
N2  - INTRODUCTION: In developing countries, finding valid and reliable data is a great challenge. The Federal Bureau of Statistics in Pakistan maintains a surveillance system that records vital events. Results are reported as the Pakistan Demographic Survey (PDS). METHODS: The adjusted mortality data from PDS-1997 was used to estimate the burden of premature mortality using the healthy life year (HeaLY) methodology. RESULTS: The burden of premature mortality for Pakistan was 367 HeaLYs lost per 1000 population. More than half of the HeaLYs are being lost due to infection, maternal and perinatal conditions, and malnutrition. CONCLUSION: In the absence of a system maintaining reliable information regarding vital events, PDS provides a good alternate source of such information that can be used to aid policy making for health care and future research.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-3506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2004.08.017
ID  - ref1
ER  -