Ipec introduces Mortality tables

A recent research on Zimbabwe Mortality Tables has stressed the need for measures that prevent and manage Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) as they have emerged as the leading causes of death in Zimbabwe.

The Mortality tables project spearheaded by the Insurance and Pension Commission (Ipec) sought to have mortality tables that speaks to the Zimbabwean situation.

This comes at a time Zimbabwe has been relying on foreign tables over the years.

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