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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Adult Mortality in South Africa: Technical Report by the Burden of Disease Research Unit, Medical Research Council
Rob Dorrington, David Bourne, Debbie Bradshaw, et al. Burden of Disease Research Unit, SA Medical Research Council.
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Release of the Report was delayed due to controversy within the South African government over its results, which show a rapid increase in mortality rates among young men and women in South Africa in recent years, and link this new age-specific increase to AIDS. The Report's authors estimate that approximately 40% of adult deaths aged 15-49 and about 20% of all adult deaths in the year 2000 were due to HIV/AIDS.
The Report's projections show that, "without treatment to prevent AIDS, the number of AIDS deaths can be expected to grow, within the next 10 years, to more than double the number of deaths due to all other causes, resulting in five to seven million cumulative AIDS deaths in South Africa by 2010.
For rapid reference, go to the "Download Documents" facility in the adjacent column, and find the Report Summary in both Word and PDF format.
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