title: Adult mortality from information on orphanhood and widowhood among the Kanuri of Nigeria.
abstract: Although demographic information on Nigeria has increased in the past two decades, information on adult mortality in the country is still sparse. This paper provides information on the levels and trends in male and female adult mortality among the Kanuri of north-east Nigeria. Analysis of reports of orphanhood and widowhood suggests moderately high levels of mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Udjo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009549:Nigeria; D010290:Parents; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012423:Rural Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D012847:Single Person; D014504:Urban Health