Trends in the prevalence and incidence of orphanhood in children and adolescents 20 years in rural KwaZulu-Natal South Africa, 2000-2014

Background In South Africa, large increases in early adult mortality during the 1990s and early 2000s have reversed since public HIV treatment rollout in 2004. In a rural population in KwaZulu-Natal, we investigate trends in parental mortality and orphanhood from 2000-2014. Methods Using longitudina...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2020-11, Vol.15 (11), p.e0238563-e0238563, Article 0238563
Hauptverfasser:	Mejia-Pailles, Gabriela, Berrington, Ann, McGrath, Nuala, Hosegood, Victoria
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescent Adolescents Age AIDS Biology and Life Sciences Cause of Death Child Child, Orphaned - statistics & numerical data Children Demographic aspects Demography Female Forecasts and trends HIV HIV Infections - mortality Households Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Incidence Longitudinal Studies Male Medicine and health sciences Mortality Multidisciplinary Sciences Orphans Parent death Parents People and Places Population Surveillance Prevalence Public health Rural areas Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Rural populations Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics South Africa - epidemiology Statistics Surveillance Teenagers Trends Tuberculosis - mortality
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Zusammenfassung:	Background In South Africa, large increases in early adult mortality during the 1990s and early 2000s have reversed since public HIV treatment rollout in 2004. In a rural population in KwaZulu-Natal, we investigate trends in parental mortality and orphanhood from 2000-2014. Methods Using longitudinal demographic surveillance data for a population of approximately 90,000, we calculated annual incidence and prevalence of maternal, paternal and double orphanhood in children and adolescents (
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0238563