Tuberculosis mortality and the male survival deficit in rural South Africa: An observational community cohort study.

Women live on average five years longer than men, and the sex difference in longevity is typically lower in populations with high mortality. South Africa-a high mortality population with a large sex disparity-is an exception, but the causes of death that contribute to this difference are not well un...

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Main Authors: Georges Reniers, Sylvia Blom, Judith Lieber, Abraham J Herbst, Clara Calvert, Jacob Bor, Till Barnighausen, Basia Zaba, Zehang R Li, Samuel J Clark, Alison D Grant, Richard Lessells, Jeffrey W Eaton, Victoria Hosegood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5634548?pdf=render