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Mortality rates are among the main indicators of the human impact of armed conflict and many surveys have assessed this impact both for targeting and evaluating humanitarian aid programmes. Almost no epidemiological analysis such as calculating relative risk was performed nor were reference values clearly described. Here the aim is to review published mortality rates for a better understanding of age specific mortality in armed conflict. Published mortality rates from conflict situations were collected and pre-conflict reference rates composed.
Prepared by: Debarati Guha-Sapir, Willem Gijsbert van Panhuis
Published in: Disasters • 2004 Dec; 28(4):418-28 •
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