This thesis is based on application of frailty and copula models to under five child mortality data set in South Africa. The main purpose of the study was to apply sample splitting techniques in a survival analysis setting ...

Under-Five Mortality (U5M) remains a major health challenge in most sub Saharan African countries including SouthAfrica,despite the significant progress made in child survival and the government’s efforts and commitment to ...

In spatial statistics, several methods have been developed to measure the extent of local and global spatial dependence (clustering) in measured data across areas in a region of research interest. These methods are now ...

Background: Death and economic losses due to road traffic accidents (RTA) are huge global public health and developmental problems and need urgent attention. Each year nearly 1.24 million people die and millions suffer ...

Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) is a process of replacing kidney function which cleans waste from the blood and remove extra fluid from the body. In most cases, the process of PD is slowed down by a peritoneal membrane infection ...

Malaria is a mosquito borne disease, a major cause of human morbidity and mortality in most of the developing countries in Africa. South Africa is one of the countries with high risk of malaria transmission, with many ...

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This research study has demonstrated the complexity involved in complex survey sample design (CSSD). Furthermore the study has proposed methods to account for each step taken in sampling and at the estimation stage using ...

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South Africa is one of the countries with chronic high unemployment rate. The unemployment rate has consistently been above 24% for a considerable period of time. It is important for policy and decision makers to know the ...