The Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and the Death Pattern of People of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorOjikutu, R.K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-16T11:40:58Z
dc.date.available2017-10-16T11:40:58Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionStaff publicationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study describes the characteristics of the people of Lagos State, Nigeria in rela-tion to death patterns using simple descriptive analysis and tests of hypotheses. From the death records of 6,269 individuals, obtained from four randomly selected Local Government Areas (LGA), it was discovered that there is a significant gender differ-- ence in the number of deaths recorded during the period (2000-2004) and that many residents died at the age of 35 years. Though, the mean age at death was found to be 49.90 years, the life expectancy at birth was 50.41 years, which does not depart nificantly from 51.6 years recorded in the year 2000 Life Table of the World Heal Organization (WHO) for both sexes. The result shows that there is significant differ-ence in mortality across age groups and also that mortality is higher in the 30 to 59 years age category than any other group hi the population. It was also found that there is significant difference in mortality across occupational groups and that mor-tality is higher among traders than, any other occupational category. Apart from La-gosians, most of the deceased in the study area come from the neighboring states of Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti. This corroborates the thesis of the Ravenstains Distance Decay Theory, which states that most migration takes place over a short distance. The test of hypotheses in this case shows that there is significant difference in mortality among the migrant groups and that those whose place of birth is Lagos State record higher mortality than those born outside of Lagos State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.identifier.citationOjikutu, R.K. (2008), The Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and the Death Pattern of People of Lagos State, Nigeria. Ghana Journal of Development and studies, vol.5 (1).en_US
dc.identifier.issnhttps://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=The+Relationship+between+Demographic+Characteristics+and+the+Death+Pattern+of+People+of+Lagos+State%2C+Nigeria.+BY+OJIKUTU&btnG=
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2303
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCardiovascular Infectionen_US
dc.subjectMortality Patternsen_US
dc.subjectGender Differencesen_US
dc.subjectOccupational Characteristicsen_US
dc.titleThe Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and the Death Pattern of People of Lagos State, Nigeria.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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