Bawah, A.Houle, B.Alam, N.Razzaque, A.Streatfield, P.K.Debpuur, C.Welaga, P.Oduro, A.Hodgson, A.Tollman, S.Collinson, M.Kahn, K.Toan, T.K.Phuc, D.H.Chuc, N.T.K.Sankoh, O.Clark, S.J.2019-03-212019-03-212016Bawah A, Houle B, Alam N, Razzaque A, Streatfield PK, Debpuur C, et al. (2016) The Evolving Demographic and Health Transition in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Four Sites in the INDEPTH Network of Longitudinal Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems. PLoS ONE 11 (6): e0157281. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157281doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157281http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/28744This paper contributes evidence documenting the continued decline in all-cause mortality and changes in the cause of death distribution over time in four developing country populations in Africa and Asia. We present levels and trends in age-specific mortality (all-cause and cause-specific) from four demographic surveillance sites: Agincourt (South Africa), Navrongo (Ghana) in Africa; Filabavi (Vietnam), Matlab (Bangladesh) in Asia. We model mortality using discrete time event history analysis. This study illustrates how data from INDEPTH Network centers can provide a comparative, longitudinal examination of mortality patterns and the epidemiological transition. Health care systems need to be reconfigured to deal simultaneously with continuing challenges of communicable disease and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases that require long-term care. In populations with endemic HIV, long-term care of HIV patients on ART will add to the chronic care needs of the community.enHealth TransitionDemographicLow- and Middle-IncomeINDEPTH NetworkLongitudinal Health and Demographic Surveillance SystemsGhanaNavrongoVietnamSouth AfricaBangladeshArticle